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Portland, CO vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 8.1% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 56.7% higher in Denver than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 10.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, CODenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,960$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,651$12,519$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,729$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio9.5114.916.23
 Students per Librarian33820954573
 Students per Counselor132411530
 Grade School Educ.0.0%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.100.0%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.55.3%16.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.14.5%5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%52.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.17.1%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%2.1%1.5%

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During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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