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Beaverton, OR vs El Cajon, CA

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- El Cajon spends 17.8% less per student than Beaverton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.4% higher in El Cajon than in Beaverton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- El Cajon had 8.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Beaverton
 Beaverton, OREl Cajon, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Beaverton    25 Reviews

Beaverton is a great place to live and raise a family. It's gotten much more expensive and much more congested, but so has the rest of the country. Overall, it's still  More

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used to be fantastic! moved here 25 years ago. at that time beaverton schools were 2nd in the nation. cost of living was low, great paying jobs, and low traffic. Liberal  More

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Looks like we will be making Oregon our home. Where are some places that are up and coming with cute downtown, or possibly could be? Lower housing prices, but you can  More

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Reviews for El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

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Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

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El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  More

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