2024 Compare Cities Education:
Clear Lake, IA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 21.1% more per student than Clear Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.4% higher in Salem than in Clear Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Clear Lake
 Clear Lake, IASalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,096$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,699$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,379$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4218.4416.23
 Students per Librarian9936454573
 Students per Counselor335353530
 Grade School Educ.3.3%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.2%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.7%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.1%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.4%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.4%1.5%
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After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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