2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, ME vs Framingham, MA

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Highlights
- Framingham spends 32.4% more per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.8% higher in Framingham than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Framingham had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MEFramingham, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,560$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,141$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3544573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%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 Framingham    4 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Great central location and easy access to major routs  More

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Over 17 years ago

One of the reasons I moved here was for the ease of access to the city center of Boston, and also to get on the road in any direction... I still really appreciate that a  More

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Over 17 years ago

Potential option for a dual career couple commuting between Boston and Worcester.OK but not great schools-ethnically diverse but with little crime.Not snooty but your  More

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