2025 Compare Cities Education:
Arlington, WA vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 12.3% more per student than Arlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% lower in Hillsboro than in Arlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Arlington
 Arlington, WAHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor420  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Arlington    4 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Arlington is a nice area, however the property taxes are very high. We built a home here in 2015 . The home is similar to the one we lived in in Arlington's "twin" city  More

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Arlington is north of Seattle. Like the entire Greater Seattle area, the quality of life is easy going. The weather is generally gentle all year long. A little snow in  More

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Over 16 years ago

We live on the West side of I-5, area known as Smokey Point/Lakewood/7 Lakes. As do several other family members. The area still has a very rural feeling without driving  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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