2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, MD vs Ontario, OR

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Highlights
- Ontario spends 7.8% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.2% higher in Ontario than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ontario had 17.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDOntario, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,521$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,775$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12474573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for Ontario    6 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Dirty officers. You tell them where to look for drugs but because they know the family they don't bother doing anything about it. Don't trust the  More

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Ontario Oregon is full of illegal immigrants who refuse to learn English and leach off the welfare system the police and ice refuse to deport these criminals Meth use  More

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Over 11 years ago

In reply to "Crime in Ontario," It's too bad that when a Hispanic culture moves in to a nice little town, your crime rate goes up and property values go down. And  More

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