2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, ME vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 6.1% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 83.7% higher in Santa Barbara than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 6.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MESanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%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 Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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