2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, ME vs Hoboken, NJ

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Highlights
- Hoboken spends 35.8% more per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.0% higher in Hoboken than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hoboken had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MEHoboken, NJUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,150$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,233$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock26224573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock1.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.8%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 Hoboken    8 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Great place to  More

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Over 14 years ago

Hoboken is one of those places that is still overlooked. With Brooklyn blowing up,why not live essentially the same subway-trip from Manhattan without paying city tax,  More

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Over 14 years ago

My kind of  More

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