2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, ME vs Augusta, GA

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Highlights
- Augusta spends 29.8% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.3% higher in Augusta than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Augusta had 8.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MEAugusta, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,489$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,185$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5844573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%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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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 Augusta    35 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for 9 years and this is not a good place to live. I've been to 46 states and 4 countries. While people tout the nature, the water is for the most  More

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Over 4 years ago

Richmond County is a cesspool with a greedy racist mayor. The demographics have certainly changed over the years and is now a liberal Democrat hell hole. The Augusta  More

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Over 5 years ago

Augusta is a wonderful place to live. To be honest, people who have negative things to say have NOT made the effort to explore all the beauty. We have a gorgeous lake  More

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