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Asheville, NC vs Lake Oswego, OR

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Highlights
- Lake Oswego spends 54.4% more per student than Asheville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.9% higher in Lake Oswego than in Asheville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Oswego had 5.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Asheville
 Asheville, NCLake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,947  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor239  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%1.5%
Reviews for Asheville    117 Reviews

Lived around this city my entire life, and have spent countless hours in every part of it- at one point, Asheville was the place to be, it had a high standard of living,  More

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Asheville has changed dramatically over the pass twenty years . At one time downtown and the charming family friendly neighborhoods within, reminded me of The Waltons  More

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This city is very deceiving. Small but if you look close you see big liberal city problems in this town. Mainly because it is overwhelming liberal. Far left liberals.  More

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Reviews for Lake Oswego    14 Reviews

I have lived occasionally in Lake Oswego with my sister who married a LO man and found it very sweet. He was raised there by hard-working parents who had fantastic work  More

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Over 6 years ago

Retired in Lake Oswego to be close to family and Live in a beautiful little city. We call it Paradise. We’ve had part-time property in Oregon for 20 years and we have  More

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Ive lived here 22 years and it has gone from a charming small town to a congested pass thru neighborhood. People are rude, traffic a nightmare and we hate it here but  More

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