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Barstow, CA vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 33.4% more per student than Barstow.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.1% lower in Portland than in Barstow. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 11.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Barstow
 Barstow, CAPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,060  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6144573
 Students per Counselor531  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.34.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.11.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Barstow    14 Reviews

Mike · 

The positive of Barstow- yes there is something positive that can be said about Barstow. At least it's not as bad as South Lake Tahoe. The only reason it gets 2 stars  More

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Over 7 years ago

Just a place to travel thru. Cheap alternative to LA suburbs, about 70 miles or Palm Springs. It is in high Mojave desert, hot in the summer, 100-110, can get down  More

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Be careful is all I can say. I moved there with the focus to buy a home the investor Cliff Unegbu AKA Clifford Unegbu will rip off as many people as he can and use  More

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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