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Beaverton, OR vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 10.6% less per student than Beaverton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.2% lower in Portland than in Beaverton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Beaverton

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 Beaverton, ORPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,904$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222$16,112$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,532$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2111.4416.23
 Students per Librarian8093604573
 Students per Counselor251265530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%2.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.8%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%16.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.6%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.0%56.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.8%16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%2.0%1.5%

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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 Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 6 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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ZIPS IN BEAVERTON, OREGON
97008 97005
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, MAINE
04103 04102 04101 04108 04109 04019

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