2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, ME vs Farmville, VA

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Highlights
- Farmville spends 30.6% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.8% higher in Farmville than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Farmville had 10.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MEFarmville, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,346$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,911$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9574573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%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 Farmville    2 Reviews

Michael Earl has not been the Principal of Prince Edward Principal Middle School since  More

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Over 19 years ago

Central Virginia. We have four full seasons. One or two good snows each winter. Very convient to everthing in the state. Within an hours commute to Richmond,  More

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