2025 Compare Cities Education:
Aspen, CO vs Lake Oswego, OR

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Highlights
- Lake Oswego spends 25.7% less per student than Aspen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 51.4% higher in Lake Oswego than in Aspen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Oswego had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Aspen
 Aspen, COLake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,199  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor312  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%1.5%
Reviews for Aspen    6 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I've been living in valley for 6 years. I've moved here from right before crisis. It's good place to make money for young people, yeah..it still is. Though when I  More

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Over 12 years ago

beautiful cold and dry weather. Colorful  More

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In Winter the grocery store closest to the ski lifts is so packed full of people it is really difficult to move through the store, especially if you have a cart. It  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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