2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, ME vs Michigan City, IN

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Highlights
- Michigan City spends 23.1% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.9% higher in Michigan City than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Michigan City had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MEMichigan City, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,185$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8914573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Michigan City    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I’ve lived in Michigan City for over 10 years now(March 2020) and am a native of Northwest Indiana (40 years.) Michigan City is an older town, on Lake Michigan ESE of  More

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Over 8 years ago

My in-laws live there. I love to visit the place. Nice people. The city has everything, malls, restaurants, cafes. It's very close to the nature. It's cold in the  More

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Over 15 years ago

HUMID and HOT in the June,July, August and bone chilling cold in Dec and Jan. Snow is just crazy...the lake effect snow machine comes right down off lake michigan and  More

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