2024 Compare Cities Education:
Waterville, ME vs Grand Junction, CO

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Highlights
- Grand Junction spends 7.4% less per student than Waterville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.6% higher in Grand Junction than in Waterville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Junction had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Waterville
 Waterville, MEGrand Junction, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,335$15,132$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,350$11,210$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,271$5,929$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.8516.3116.23
 Students per Librarian3196694573
 Students per Counselor299250530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%91.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%24.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.7%7.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.9%34.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.4%7.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%2.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.0%1.7%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 10 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 10 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 Grand Junction    54 Reviews

Grand Junction is another one of those fast growing places due to its cheaper than average cost of living. However with each passing year, that once $600 a month one  More

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I’ve lived in Grand Junction for 18 years, but have been coming here (girlfriend, wife, family) since 1992. I think the biggest change or challenge for long time locals,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Grand Junction for 14 months and it is a nice area, but very expensive to live. There is an ongoing housing crisis due to poor city planning and it has  More

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