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Portland, OR vs Madison, IN

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Highlights
- Madison spends 32.5% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.4% lower in Madison than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madison had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

Education
 Portland, ORMadison, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$13,210$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$10,396$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$5,893$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2515.9816.23
 Students per Librarian6145904573
 Students per Counselor299413530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%21.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%23.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%0.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%0.9%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 Madison    5 Reviews

We have one of the best schools in Indiana (Shaw) and a great downtown area, with something going on all the time. Come join the  More

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We visited downtown Madison over the weekend and had a great, great time! One of the court house which had burned down was sad, but ran into a few great stores. One  More

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Over 16 years ago

Nothing much to do. Low crime  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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