2025 Compare Cities Education:
East Los Angeles, CA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 2.0% less per student than East Los Angeles.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.6% lower in Salem than in East Los Angeles. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 61.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to East Los Angeles
 East Los Angeles, CASalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6454573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.17.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.10.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for East Los Angeles    2 Reviews

If anyone hasn't been to the Inglewood area of Los Angeles, they have missed out on the opportunity of a lifetime! I love this place. Crime is almost non-existent, day  More

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Over 17 years ago

in east los angeles we are close to downtown arts,culture,and good eats in los angeles in general we are only miles away from the beach,moutains,or hot  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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