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Portland, OR vs Austin, TX

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Highlights
- Austin spends 1.1% more per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.8% lower in Austin than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Austin had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORAustin, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$19,780$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$10,538$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$6,081$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2514.5316.23
 Students per Librarian6148054573
 Students per Counselor299391530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%5.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%4.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%90.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%15.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%55.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%3.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%2.6%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

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Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total

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