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Portage, IN vs Racine, WI

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Highlights
- Racine spends 40.6% more per student than Portage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.5% lower in Racine than in Portage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Racine had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portage

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 Portage, INRacine, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,763$17,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,826$13,802$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,384$8,189$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.5513.2916.23
 Students per Librarian5256434573
 Students per Counselor640325530
 Grade School Educ.3.3%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.7%88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%25.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.7%19.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.8%4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%0.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.2%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Portage    2 Reviews

Just a normal, big town in the Midwest. Decent public schools, sure, pretty safe, indeed and not expensive (yet) to live. On the one hand many normal-sized (mostly old)  More

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Over 18 years ago

Boring but good  More

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Reviews for Racine    9 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Sad to see how far it has fallen over the last three decades or so. Still very depressed  More

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This city is a complete mess. I have lived all over the US for work and this place is a little Detroit after the great depression post 2008. Work is non-existent and  More

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Over 11 years ago

No jobs, no recreation. Poor education. High crime.  More

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