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Pittsfield, MA vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 16.2% less per student than Pittsfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 67.5% higher in Portland than in Pittsfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pittsfield

Education
 Pittsfield, MAPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$23,370$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,206$14,240$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,441$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.317.2516.23
 Students per Librarian3976144573
 Students per Counselor370299530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.4%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%19.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.2%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.0%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.7%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Pittsfield    6 Reviews

I have grown up in Pittsfield, moved away, and came back. The loss of the GE manufacturing plant in the 80's adversely affected this blue collar city. This is not the  More

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Pittsfield has done nothing to attract any form of business for the 40 of 47 years that I have lived here. The current tax rate is now 3.7% for business property - that  More

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Hello, I was surprised to see Pittsfield, MA, listed as one of the towns with least crime. We've had 4 shootings since the beginning of the year! Where do you get  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 PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
01201
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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