2024 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Oswego, OR vs Oak Park, IL

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Highlights
- Oak Park spends 17.0% more per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.5% lower in Oak Park than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oak Park had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, OROak Park, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,730$21,907$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791$18,508$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,998$11,567$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.0113.9716.23
 Students per Librarian74414804573
 Students per Counselor355481530
 Grade School Educ.0.4%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%2.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.6%96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%11.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.8%4.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%72.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.20.7%25.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%8.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.0%5.1%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Oswego    14 Reviews

I have lived occasionally in Lake Oswego with my sister who married a LO man and found it very sweet. He was raised there by hard-working parents who had fantastic work  More

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Over 5 years ago

Retired in Lake Oswego to be close to family and Live in a beautiful little city. We call it Paradise. We’ve had part-time property in Oregon for 20 years and we have  More

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Ive lived here 22 years and it has gone from a charming small town to a congested pass thru neighborhood. People are rude, traffic a nightmare and we hate it here but  More

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Reviews for Oak Park    7 Reviews

We've lived in Oak Park for 25 years, raising our two children here. Now, looking ahead a few years, the Cost of Living (127), is a major factor in searching for  More

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I have grew up in the Oak Park area and have lived in other cities in the country. Oak Park is located outside of the city of Chicago. Though located reasonably  More

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Over 14 years ago

If you don't know any better you might think Oak Park is perfect. However, if you are like me and have other places as a comparison, you know better. I will say that  More

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