2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pocono Pines, PA vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 23.2% less per student than Pocono Pines.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% lower in Portland than in Pocono Pines. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 17.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pocono Pines
 Pocono Pines, PAPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,382  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3604573
 Students per Counselor266  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.19.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Pocono Pines    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Pocono Pines is a small mountain lake town with only two major roads, and when I say major - they each only have two lanes – one in each direction. We are centrally  More

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The rents and the food prices have gotten too high for persons living on a fixed income. The traffic is horrendous. The climate is actually WARMER due to the immense  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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