2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, ME vs Salida, CO

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Highlights
- Salida spends 56.4% more per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.8% higher in Salida than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salida had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MESalida, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$27,828$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,780$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5614573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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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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 Salida    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Salida is a cute small town with the Arkansas river running through. To be so small there's always activities going on  More

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The weather in the summer is wonderful, it will reach the low to mid 90's but there is absolutely no humidity, you can run around all day and not break a sweat. There is  More

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Over 19 years ago

I need info on average monthly temperatures in Salida Also wind speed information compared to springfield,  More

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