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Gillette, WY vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 13.7% more per student than Gillette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.9% higher in Hillsboro than in Gillette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Gillette
 Gillette, WYHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,945  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.4  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor333  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Gillette    6 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Not sure why the people relying to the negative comments with positive comments don't make their own reviews. Gillette has the same problems that similarly-sized towns  More

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Over 4 years ago

You have to be a complete jerk to live here. These people are total losers. never been In a town where it's ok to steal and lie. the city tries to steal. Had a way too  More

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I've lived here several times - adding up to around 37 of my 45 years - and I can't wait to leave. As soon as my youngest graduates from high school I am out of here.  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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