2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, ME vs Amherst, NY

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Highlights
- Amherst spends 31.6% more per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% lower in Amherst than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Amherst had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MEAmherst, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,413$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,129$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8684573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.3%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 Amherst    8 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Safe and friendly town. You are 20 minutes away from anywhere in  More

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Over 15 years ago

Amherst is a safe suburban area where you can live without having to worry about the crime that may occur in Buffalo and in parts of any city in the United  More

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Over 17 years ago

Really glad I found this site as, I haven't found it easy to find honest data on crime rate in our cities. Thanx for the service, Ada  More

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