2025 Compare Cities Education:
Tuscaloosa, AL vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 50.2% more per student than Tuscaloosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.5% lower in Portland than in Tuscaloosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 4.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tuscaloosa
 Tuscaloosa, ALPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,927  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3604573
 Students per Counselor396  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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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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