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Durham, NH vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 1.7% less per student than Durham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.1% higher in Portland than in Durham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Durham

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 Durham, NHPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,903$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,209$14,240$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,919$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.417.2516.23
 Students per Librarian4036144573
 Students per Counselor226299530
 Grade School Educ.0.8%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.4%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.5%19.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.9%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.8%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.26.9%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.6%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.7%2.4%1.5%

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I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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