2025 Compare Cities Education:
Catalina, AZ vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 48.0% more per student than Catalina.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.8% higher in Bend than in Catalina. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 5.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Catalina
 Catalina, AZBend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,897  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor519  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Catalina    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

The Catlaina area (Saddlebrook / Oro Valley) was wonderful back in the 1970's and 1980's. As is typical with AZ, Developers ruined the community and problems are a  More

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Over 18 years ago

Deeply regret moving here 10 yrs ago. Cost of living is high, over-inflated housing/rental market, traffic is horrible, pay is extremely low. Great place to golf  More

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Over 18 years ago

We live on the north side of the Catalina Mtns. close to Tucson but not so close that we have to endure the smog. Congestion is becoming a part of life out here as  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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