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Salem, OR vs Sweet Home, OR

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Highlights
- Sweet Home spends 5.3% more per student than Salem.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.7% lower in Sweet Home than in Salem. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sweet Home had 9.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salem

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 Salem, ORSweet Home, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,073$17,973$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,350$9,519$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,552$5,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.4417.3816.23
 Students per Librarian6456834573
 Students per Counselor353325530
 Grade School Educ.5.4%4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%15.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.4%80.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%20.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%7.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.4%1.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%0.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%0.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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Reviews for Sweet Home    4 Reviews

My son and his family are looking at a job transfer from Medford where fire smoke is getting nearly unbearable. I told him it’s bad in this area too, but what do the  More

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Over 6 years ago

This little town has potential but not enough financial support backing its law enforcement and park area's. Very depressed community and as an old logging town it  More

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Sweet Home is a beautiful town in the mountains with a river running through town. There are two reservoirs within a few minutes drive. Great fishing, boating and  More

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97301 97302 97304 97306
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