2025 Compare Cities Education:
Waterville, ME vs Montgomery, AL

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Highlights
- Montgomery spends 38.2% less per student than Waterville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 76.5% higher in Montgomery than in Waterville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Montgomery had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Waterville
 Waterville, MEMontgomery, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,350  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.85  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6064573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Montgomery    31 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Overall, I rate Montgomery as a decent city--not great but not awful. Before moving here in 1984, I lived in Houston, Texas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Tallahassee, Florida,  More

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Over 6 years ago

This city is too  More

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Let's see, something, anything, nice to say about this place. Well, the property taxes are low, as is the cost of living, BUT...that's because it's a sh!thole town and  More

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