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Boston, NY vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 16.4% less per student than Boston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 51.2% higher in Portland than in Boston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boston

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 Boston, NYPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$23,413$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,132$14,240$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,129$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.4117.2516.23
 Students per Librarian8686144573
 Students per Counselor319299530
 Grade School Educ.0.3%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.5%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%19.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.13.6%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.5%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.1%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%2.4%1.5%

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I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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