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Derby, KS vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 42.0% more per student than Derby.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 54.1% higher in Hillsboro than in Derby. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 6.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Derby
 Derby, KSHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor383  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Derby    3 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I remember growing up here in the early '80s. I recently visited and the place is still beautiful and larger now with more to see and do. I have already decided to  More

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Over 19 years ago

The Derby parks and recreation department is the best in the plains states. Some of the best water sports, baseball, football, soccer, Adult recreation is good as well.  More

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Over 19 years ago

The climate in Derby (suburb of Wichita, KS) is moderate to warm. Winters are rearly very cold. Zero degrees only at night we have lived here 11 years and only seen 0  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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