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Portland, OR vs Waterville, ME

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Highlights
- Waterville spends 16.5% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.3% lower in Waterville than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waterville had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, ORWaterville, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,335$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3194573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.0%1.5%
Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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Reviews for Waterville    8 Reviews

just spend 15 years living in LA and loving it, but now I'm retired and I am priced out. staying in Maine with family. do I move to Central Maine with its myriad  More

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Over 11 years ago

I have lived here for a decade but only started looking for office space in the last few months. There are lots of affordable places  More

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Over 11 years ago

Maine in general, and Waterville in particular, have been a wonderful place to homeschool our three children. We are able to work with as much or as little interaction  More

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