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Portland, OR vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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Highlights
- Half Moon Bay spends 2.6% more per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.7% higher in Half Moon Bay than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 5.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$15,457$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2519.7916.23
 Students per Librarian61480554573
 Students per Counselor299431530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%16.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%50.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%3.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%4.4%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 Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 18 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 19 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
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