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Beaverton, OR vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 17.8% less per student than Beaverton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.9% higher in Santa Cruz than in Beaverton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Beaverton

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 Beaverton, ORSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,904$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222$13,552$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,532$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2121.8416.23
 Students per Librarian80962714573
 Students per Counselor251473530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.8%95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%19.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.6%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.0%56.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.8%18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%4.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%5.5%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 Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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ZIPS IN BEAVERTON, OREGON
97008 97005
ZIPS IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
95060 95064

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