2025 Compare Cities Education:
Blacksburg, VA vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 61.7% more per student than Blacksburg.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.8% higher in Hillsboro than in Blacksburg. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 7.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Blacksburg
 Blacksburg, VAHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,142  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor285  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.69.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Blacksburg    12 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Growing up I thought my city was the best thing since sliced bread. However, since moving to Blacksburg I have changed my tune. Amazing community and  More

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Over 14 years ago

Blacksburg is a very nice place overall, but like others has its pros and cons. It's a small, clean, quaint college town amid rural farmland and forested mountains. The  More

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Over 14 years ago

4 great seasons without  More

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Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

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