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Glens Falls, NY vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 28.3% less per student than Glens Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 54.0% higher in Portland than in Glens Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 4.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Glens Falls

Education
 Glens Falls, NYPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$27,283$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,763$14,240$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$14,006$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.217.2516.23
 Students per Librarian4206144573
 Students per Counselor320299530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.2%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.5%19.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.13.5%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.4%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.2%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Glens Falls    8 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Glens Falls is a very courteous small city. I read somewhere it is the safest city for its size in U.S. Real estate very cheap ( nice 4 bedroom house for under  More

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I moved to Glens Falls in 2009 from downstate, sucked in by their new facade and tempted by the surprisingly low cost of real estate. There's a reason why this area's  More

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Over 13 years ago

I used to seriously dislike living near here. The town used to be falling apart, with no future, and not much to do. It has changed greatly in the past decade, 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 GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK
12801
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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