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Fife, WA vs Hillsboro, OR

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- Hillsboro spends 8.4% more per student than Fife.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% lower in Hillsboro than in Fife. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 3.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fife
 Fife, WAHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Fife    2 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

This small suburb of Tacoma checks all the boxes for me, so where do I start? Fife has a bit of everything for every walk of life and virtually any activity you wish  More

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Over 18 years ago

A town so small if you blink it is gone. It is really a small suburb of tacoma. I lived there for only three weeks and had to move  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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