2025 Compare Cities Education:
Coos Bay, OR vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 16.0% less per student than Coos Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% higher in Birmingham than in Coos Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Coos Bay
 Coos Bay, ORBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,309  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor562  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Coos Bay    11 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Residents since 1990. Pros: The weather is exceptionally mild. We find it a very inexpensive, convenient, and laid back place to live. North Bend has an airport (OTH)  More

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My son is thinking about moving to coos bay, I have read some comments, doesn't sound so good. He has a family and he thinks he can get a good job. He lives in colorado.  More

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Over 11 years ago

nice  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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