2025 Compare Cities Education:
Akron, OH vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 17.4% more per student than Akron.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.1% higher in Hillsboro than in Akron. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 3.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Akron
 Akron, OHHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,529  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.1  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor347  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Akron    31 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I grew up and lived in Akron, OH for a majority of my life, with the exception of living in Panama City, FL for 8 years. The town is pretty decent, affordable utilities,  More

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Over 4 years ago

This area is completely run down. Ghetto with a capital  More

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My goodness, I had to create an account to counterbalance all the negative people. I grew up in Ellet, went to an Akron Public School, graduated with a bachelor's from  More

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Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

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