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Brush Prairie, WA vs Happy Valley, OR

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Highlights
- Happy Valley spends 1.9% less per student than Brush Prairie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% higher in Happy Valley than in Brush Prairie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Happy Valley had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brush Prairie
 Brush Prairie, WAHappy Valley, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Brush Prairie    3 Reviews

your writeup says 9% income tax, but Washington state does not have income tax. If you work in Oregon, however, you have to pay 9% income tax to that evil  More

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Brush Prairie WA is a little Town Tucked away and actually were in Hockinson which uses Brush Prairie zip code because it doesn't have one of it's own. Housing prices  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural living within one half hour of Portland  More

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Reviews for Happy Valley    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Happy Valley, OR is a great place to live. Just east of Portland its on a hill where you could see the beautiful city(Portland) in the valley. All the beautiful lights  More

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Over 14 years ago

Left NYC and moved straight to Portland 5 years ago. I'm in early 40s with kids and wife and they love it here  More

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Over 15 years ago

Damascus is a quiet community just East of Portland. We are close to Gresham, Clackamas, and Boring/Sandy. There is farm land out this way, nice friendly people and the  More

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