2026 Compare Cities Education:
Belen, NM vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 37.9% more per student than Belen.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% higher in Bend than in Belen. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 16.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Belen
 Belen, NMBend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,119  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor398  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Belen    1 Reviews

I've lived here my entire life and I must say it's the only place I want to be my entire life as I am not exaggerating when I say that this place is heaven on Earth. The  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 5 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 5 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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