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Grand Forks, ND vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 3.9% more per student than Grand Forks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 53.4% higher in Salem than in Grand Forks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 7.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Forks

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 Grand Forks, NDSalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,440$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,451$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,635$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.0218.4416.23
 Students per Librarian2576454573
 Students per Counselor318353530
 Grade School Educ.1.9%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.13.7%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.1%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.0%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Grand Forks    21 Reviews

I lived here for about a year and I can't say many good things about it. I'll start with the positives, it has low crime rate and stores are all close by. Negatives  More

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Over 7 years ago

I am a black male and recently moved to the area do to a job offer. For the most part the people are friendly. However if you are black be prepared to give an  More

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Over 11 years ago

If you try to get a job here, please know that there is a strong culture of support for bullying and verbal abuse. The HR department openly supports and assists  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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ZIPS IN GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
58201 58203 58202
ZIPS IN SALEM, OREGON
97301 97302 97304 97306

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