2025 Compare Cities Education:
Forest Grove, OR vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 7.6% less per student than Forest Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.6% higher in Sunnyvale than in Forest Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Forest Grove
 Forest Grove, ORSunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%1.5%
Reviews for Forest Grove    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I have had the ability to live and visit other places in the country. Texas, florida, arizona, california, ohio, new mexico. Out of a life of traveling my paternal  More

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Over 14 years ago

Forest Grove is mostly white supremist meth trash. There are proffesional people mixed in, but they seem like guests. The true nature of this small town is brooding  More

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Over 18 years ago

Forest Grove is a nice little town. It offers a local farmers market, quaint downtown area, and several community events thru out the year. The elementary and High  More

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Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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