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Kirkland, WA vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 20.7% less per student than Kirkland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% higher in Bend than in Kirkland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kirkland

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 Kirkland, WABend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$10,841$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5318.816.23
 Students per Librarian9896024573
 Students per Counselor455268530
 Grade School Educ.1.5%1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%2.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.7%95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%23.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.1%46.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.4%12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%3.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.8%2.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Kirkland    14 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

12 years in Kirkland. It sure changed but love it. Great waterfront, restaurants, art galleries, public transportation, parks, and schools. And only 20 minutes from  More

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Beautiful water and mountain views, enticing wailing culture, bars, restaurants and upscale shopping. Lived here for 7 years now and lookig to move to someplace sunnier  More

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Over 13 years ago

We are not living in our home in Kirkland at the moment (retired now and moving about) and we miss it. Our home is in a lovely small cul de sac and backs on to a  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 3 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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ZIPS IN KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON
98034 98033
ZIPS IN BEND, OREGON
97701 97702

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