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Oak Ridge, TN vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 44.7% more per student than Oak Ridge.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.0% lower in Portland than in Oak Ridge. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oak Ridge

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 Oak Ridge, TNPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,296$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,054$16,112$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,469$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.7911.4416.23
 Students per Librarian6043604573
 Students per Counselor554265530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%2.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.5%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%16.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.2%56.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.6%16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.8%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Oak Ridge    8 Reviews

Overall it's on the positive side. It's pretty boring but it can feel like a real home at times. It could stand to be a hair closer to Western Knoxville.. Melton lake  More

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Over 4 years ago

Oak Ridge is located in beautiful East TN, has excellent public schools, is very safe for families, and is only 15-30 min away from Knoxville.  More

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Marginal, at best. Lack of social and business skills to perform anything but menial tasks. No clue about customer service, business etiquette or basic business  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 3 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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Over 6 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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37830
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, MAINE
04103 04102 04101 04108 04109 04019

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