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Portland, OR vs Redding, CA

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Highlights
- Redding spends 23.7% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.2% higher in Redding than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Redding had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORRedding, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$14,940$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$12,964$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$7,803$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2520.7316.23
 Students per Librarian614801424573
 Students per Counselor299494530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%6.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%91.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%30.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%11.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%25.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%0.5%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 Redding    61 Reviews

What an amazing place to live. No place is perfect but the people here are friendly with several parks nearby and many miles of trails from Road Biking to MBT. Check out  More

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Take a hike if you don't like different points of view, religious or generally conservative people. No one will miss you. California has been going in the wrong  More

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Over 3 years ago

I retired to Redding 6 years ago and I can truthfully say that I made a huge mistake. If you are looking to move to an area that has; thriving arts scene, gourmet  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN REDDING, CALIFORNIA
96003 96001 96002

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