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

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Highlights
- Silverthorne spends 0.1% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.5% higher in Silverthorne than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Silverthorne had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, MESilverthorne, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,764$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,112  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,733$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7034573
 Students per Counselor265  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Silverthorne    2 Reviews

We've lived here 2 1/2 years, three winters now, and although I'm not a huge fan of winter, and there's a lot of it here, at least there are really fun things to do. We  More

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Over 19 years ago

Silverthorne is a great place to live, but the cost of housing and living has recently put a big separation between the working class and the rest of the  More

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