2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bend, OR vs Niagara Falls, NY

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Highlights
- Niagara Falls spends 52.9% more per student than Bend.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.8% lower in Niagara Falls than in Bend. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Niagara Falls had 7.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bend
 Bend, ORNiagara Falls, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,345$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,841  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,103$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9094573
 Students per Counselor268  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
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 4 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 4 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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Reviews for Niagara Falls    6 Reviews

Niagara Falls is a place where we are careful about saying ‘things are looking up’ because we’ve said that before and whatever big project promised falls through or just  More

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Over 15 years ago

Niagara Falls has very high crime and a steady increase in gang activity. Unemployment is very high, there is a lot of pollution and winters are too long. The falls  More

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Niagara Falls is plagued by contamination for radioactive waste and dumping, high crime high taxes and corrupt politicians. One would figure that a smaller town  More

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