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Anchorage, AK vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 19.7% more per student than Anchorage.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.4% higher in Hillsboro than in Anchorage. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Anchorage

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 Anchorage, AKHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,628$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,402$12,222$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,961$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.4418.2116.23
 Students per Librarian4998094573
 Students per Counselor413251530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%4.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%21.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.8%42.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.8%12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%1.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%4.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Anchorage    83 Reviews

Anchorage had potential but with the massive amount of homeless the petty crime is on the rise. I chose to live in a town outside of Anchorage rather than the city for  More

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I lived in Anchorage for the better part of the 2010's. Pros: o Beautiful, mountain and ocean views; close to many hiking trails, campsites, fishing grounds,  More

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it's nice, i liked it when i grew up there. kinda wish i could move back, but i didn't really like being isolated from all the things like nordstrom, trader joe's,  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 1 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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ZIPS IN ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
99504, 99507, 99508, 99577, 99502, 99515, 99516, 99501, 99517, 99503, 17 total
ZIPS IN HILLSBORO, OREGON
97124 97123

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