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Houston, TX vs Happy Valley, OR

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Highlights
- Happy Valley spends 46.0% more per student than Houston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.2% higher in Happy Valley than in Houston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Happy Valley had 20.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Houston

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 Houston, TXHappy Valley, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,825$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,139$11,791$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,942$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.8219.0116.23
 Students per Librarian14707444573
 Students per Counselor473355530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%2.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.5%95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.2%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.7%50.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.1%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%2.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Houston    371 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved to Houston from the San Francisco Bay area in 1991 after college but I have always had family here. Houston is not what you think of when you think of Texas  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Over 2 years ago

There's definitely lots of jobs/economic opportunity. It's quite racially diverse if that's your thing. Houston has awful urban sprawl. Expect awful traffic. Hot as hell  More

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Reviews for Happy Valley    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Happy Valley, OR is a great place to live. Just east of Portland its on a hill where you could see the beautiful city(Portland) in the valley. All the beautiful lights  More

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Over 13 years ago

Left NYC and moved straight to Portland 5 years ago. I'm in early 40s with kids and wife and they love it here  More

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Over 14 years ago

Damascus is a quiet community just East of Portland. We are close to Gresham, Clackamas, and Boring/Sandy. There is farm land out this way, nice friendly people and the  More

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ZIPS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
77449, 77084, 77429, 77379, 77036, 77433, 77095, 77072, 77077, 77088, 100 total
ZIPS IN HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON
97086 97015

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