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Brookings, OR vs Blowing Rock, NC

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- Blowing Rock spends 23.2% less per student than Brookings.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.6% lower in Blowing Rock than in Brookings. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Blowing Rock had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Brookings
 Brookings, ORBlowing Rock, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,275$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,781  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,728$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9694573
 Students per Counselor294  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.35.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.7%1.5%
Reviews for Brookings    29 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Brookings Oregon is one of the most beautiful places in the world and has perfect weather. I searched for a retirement home, on the beach, for nearly ten years before  More

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Over 4 years ago

Brookings is an interesting place, very nice scenery, and excellent weather. The "locals" who inhabit this place are some of the most ignorant biased people you will  More

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Retired and moved here with my husband in 2020. Best decision we ever made. Amazing weather...even the rainy days are punctuated by crisp, sunny days in the winter. Not  More

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Reviews for Blowing Rock    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I've been in Blowing Rock for about 8 years and can't wait to leave this gloomy place. It is grey and cloudy most of the time. The rating it has on this site of 199  More

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Over 17 years ago

great in the summer, but very cold in the  More

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