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Florence, OR vs Sweet Home, OR

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Highlights
- Sweet Home spends 23.4% more per student than Florence.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.1% lower in Sweet Home than in Florence. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sweet Home had 10.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Florence
 Florence, ORSweet Home, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,973$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,107  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6834573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Florence    13 Reviews

I'd like to retire to Florence from Southern California. San Diego is too crowded with dirty water from Mexico. It's also too expensive in coastal California and even  More

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I have concerns about the bear and cougar sitings Has anyone actually been attacked or killed? Should that stop me from moving to  More

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Over 8 years ago

We vacationed here every year for 15 years. Finally we bought a home within walking distance to the ocean three months ago. We love it. There is rain and fog, but the  More

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Reviews for Sweet Home    4 Reviews

My son and his family are looking at a job transfer from Medford where fire smoke is getting nearly unbearable. I told him it’s bad in this area too, but what do the  More

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Over 7 years ago

This little town has potential but not enough financial support backing its law enforcement and park area's. Very depressed community and as an old logging town it  More

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Sweet Home is a beautiful town in the mountains with a river running through town. There are two reservoirs within a few minutes drive. Great fishing, boating and  More

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