2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carson, CA vs Lake Oswego, OR

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Highlights
- Lake Oswego spends 7.5% more per student than Carson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.0% lower in Lake Oswego than in Carson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Oswego had 18.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carson
 Carson, CALake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%1.5%
Reviews for Carson    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

The city is going through "Urban Renewal", which means the poor,elderly and homeless can't afford the "NEW" Townhomes so this is what goes on if you fall under either  More

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Over 10 years ago

The weather is very nice throughout the year. We could use more  More

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I've lived in Carson all my life and the only thing special here is the weather. Summers are great, as it is in the 70s for most of the time. However, this is a  More

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Reviews for Lake Oswego    14 Reviews

I have lived occasionally in Lake Oswego with my sister who married a LO man and found it very sweet. He was raised there by hard-working parents who had fantastic work  More

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Over 6 years ago

Retired in Lake Oswego to be close to family and Live in a beautiful little city. We call it Paradise. We’ve had part-time property in Oregon for 20 years and we have  More

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Ive lived here 22 years and it has gone from a charming small town to a congested pass thru neighborhood. People are rude, traffic a nightmare and we hate it here but  More

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