2024 Compare Cities Education:
Lewiston, ME vs Ironwood, MI

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Highlights
- Ironwood spends 12.2% less per student than Lewiston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.4% higher in Ironwood than in Lewiston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ironwood had 4.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lewiston
 Lewiston, MEIronwood, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,349$13,470$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,737$12,454$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,377$7,805$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.5312.8416.23
 Students per Librarian40704573
 Students per Counselor313315530
 Grade School Educ.5.8%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%6.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%92.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%24.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.6%14.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.3%18.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.6%2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Lewiston    7 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Sadley, there's little hope if this town can rise up to overcome the extreme poverty of this socio-economical class in an underserved community, unless... PARENTS do  More

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I have lived and worked in Lewiston-Auburn for nearly 30 years and I think it's a wonderful place to raise a family. We sent both our kids to the Lewiston public  More

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Despite years of efforts to revitalize Maine's second largest city, it seems Lewiston will always be joked about as the "armpit" of the State. City and State leaders  More

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Reviews for Ironwood    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Have lived here 7 years. Moved here from a large Midwestern city. Wonderful place to retire if you like fairly long winters and don't mind 150+ inches of snow every  More

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Over 15 years ago

It is called the big snow country for a reason. It snows...a lot...and gets very chilly. The winters last a good 6-7 months. If you like to ski, ice fish, snowmobile, or  More

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Over 16 years ago

The western U.P. is amazing. There's the obvious attractions like ski areas and the world's tallest fiberglass Native American statue, but walking on the shores of Lake  More

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