2025 Compare Cities Education:
Waterville, ME vs Brighton, CO

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Highlights
- Brighton spends 9.2% less per student than Waterville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 57.6% higher in Brighton than in Waterville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Brighton had 4.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Waterville
 Waterville, MEBrighton, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,350  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.85  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
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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Reviews for Brighton    2 Reviews

I bought a house in Adams County Colorado found out that the same family had built my house and the house next door and shared the driveway the realestat agents told me  More

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Over 15 years ago

My name is Sandra I use to live in Eagle Pass until I got married and move to Colorado.I go and visit my parents once or twice a year they live in Chula Vista  More

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