2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Charles, LA vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 19.8% more per student than Lake Charles.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.2% lower in Portland than in Lake Charles. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 6.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Charles
 Lake Charles, LAPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,587  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3604573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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Reviews for Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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