2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, ME vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 15.0% more per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.3% higher in Champaign than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MEChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6624573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock8.1%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 Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 8 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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