2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, ME vs Alma, AR

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Highlights
- Alma spends 36.4% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.3% higher in Alma than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alma had 6.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MEAlma, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,321$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,541$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4674573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
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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Reviews for Alma    3 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

I have multiple friends and fraternity brothers who are from Alma and the area around it, that does not include Fort Smith. I am amazed at how well kept these people and  More

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Over 9 years ago

Alma has some of the best schools around. I have never seen a school district care so much for it's students. Not to mention the sports, dance, cheer and drama teams are  More

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Over 13 years ago

The most common response to querys about denominational identity is Baptist. There are basically three expressions of Baptist faith in the area. They are: Southern,  More

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