2026 Compare Cities Education:
Portsmouth, VA vs Alameda, CA

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Highlights
- Alameda spends 40.7% more per student than Portsmouth.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 50.9% higher in Alameda than in Portsmouth. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alameda had 2.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Portsmouth
 Portsmouth, VAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,089  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor330  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
Reviews for Portsmouth    4 Reviews

I have lived in Westhaven neighborhood in Portsmouth for 23 yrs. I have never smelled a paper mill in Portsmouth. I grew up in MA about a mile from one, so I know what  More

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Over 16 years ago

Housing not always  More

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Does anyone living near Portsmouth, VA smell a paper  More

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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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