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Costa Mesa, CA vs Hillsboro, OR

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- Hillsboro spends 30.3% more per student than Costa Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.5% lower in Hillsboro than in Costa Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 4.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Costa Mesa
 Costa Mesa, CAHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Costa Mesa    8 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Costa mesa has awesome shopping but is way too crowded and I have had 3 cars stolen in the past 5 years along with countless break-ins and theft. Expensive. Close to  More

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Over 16 years ago

Costa Mesa has a near perfect climate . . . plenty of sun but rarely over 100 degrees (our house doesn't even have AC). Nestled between Newport Beach and Huntington  More

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We have a good amount of low-income, medium-income, and relatively high-income  More

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Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

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