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Columbia, MO vs Lake Oswego, OR

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Highlights
- Lake Oswego spends 31.6% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.6% higher in Lake Oswego than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Oswego had 3.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MOLake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,303  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor260  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  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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