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

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Highlights
- Augusta spends 8.2% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% higher in Augusta than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Augusta had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MEAugusta, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,335$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3194573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Augusta    8 Reviews

We spent 1 year in Augusta. It is probably the cutest Capitol city that I have ever visited in the US. That being said, it has a dark underbelly and a ruthless drug  More

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Over 15 years ago

Winter in Maine usually starts in November, occasionally in October and lasts until March, sometimes April. Although last year was unusually mild, most folks around  More

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I've been living in Augusta for about 9 months now. Moved here from New Orleans. I should be moving out in a few months; I seriously considered staying in Augusta  More

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