2025 Compare Cities Education:
Elk River, ID vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 18.3% more per student than Elk River.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 39.9% higher in Bend than in Elk River. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 7.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Elk River
 Elk River, IDBend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,963  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor971  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.10.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Elk River    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Elk River is one of the best places I have ever seen. A typical old time small town with all the "fixins." And all in reach of where ever you are in town. If i could,  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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