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Brookings, OR vs Saranac Lake, NY

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- Saranac Lake spends 106.7% more per student than Brookings.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.2% lower in Saranac Lake than in Brookings. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Saranac Lake had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brookings
 Brookings, ORSaranac Lake, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,352$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,781  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,335$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4274573
 Students per Counselor294  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.35.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock16.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Saranac Lake    3 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Saranac Lake is small but great. Great people, decent shopping, with good housing, it's great place to live, if you love the outdoors. It's cold....really cold in the  More

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Over 16 years ago

Saranac Lake is not only chilly but a great place to live. Dr. E.L. Trudeau knew what he was doing when he took a breath of this cold, crisp air way  More

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Small time living in a pristine environment of the Adirondack Park. Year-round theatre, good school system, postsecondary education, world-class research institution  More

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