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California, MD vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 28.4% more per student than California.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.6% higher in Portland than in California. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to California

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 California, MDPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,242$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,967$14,240$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,245$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8917.2516.23
 Students per Librarian6386144573
 Students per Counselor358299530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.6%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%19.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.2%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.5%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for California    1 Reviews

I am not a true Southern Marylander but I have learned to truly appreciate the qualities of MY county and to recognize how Saint Mary's county is really different from  More

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

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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ZIPS IN CALIFORNIA, MARYLAND
20619 20634
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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