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Portland, OR vs Monterey, CA

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Highlights
- Monterey spends 21.5% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.0% higher in Monterey than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Monterey had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORMonterey, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$13,156$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2521.7316.23
 Students per Librarian614289524573
 Students per Counselor299526530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%3.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%19.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%54.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%18.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%3.3%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 Monterey    21 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

The Monterey city area is an excellent place to live and one of the few California locales where it's relatively safe to raise a family. If I could no longer live here I  More

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I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and had to leave to climb out of poverty. The median income is $35,000 and outside of the military, the jobs are mostly service  More

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My husband and I are just crazy about Monterey. I wonder if we take housing expenses (mortgage or rent) out of the picture, is Monterey still a very expensive city to  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA
93940 93943

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