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Elk Grove, CA vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 28.4% more per student than Elk Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.2% lower in Portland than in Elk Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elk Grove

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 Elk Grove, CAPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,240$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484$14,240$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,670$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.7517.2516.23
 Students per Librarian63216144573
 Students per Counselor641299530
 Grade School Educ.4.9%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.9%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.9%19.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.1%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.6%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Elk Grove    15 Reviews

I grew up in the area around Elk Grove and it was a very small rural town up to the year 2000. We moved to ELk grove in 2009 and commuted to work in Sacramento. At  More

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Elk Grove is a very diverse city. A long time ago it use to be very white. Now the white population is about 40%, then next majority race are Asian, then Hispanic,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Our neighborhood is o.k. but it is expensive to live here and the air is oppressive during the summer when it gets hot for a week or more. Days over 95 and nights of 75.  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 ELK GROVE, CALIFORNIA
95624 95758 95757
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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