2025 Compare Cities Education:
Gresham, OR vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 32.6% less per student than Gresham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.0% higher in Birmingham than in Gresham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 0.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Gresham
 Gresham, ORBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Gresham    4 Reviews

First, EVERYTHING is close and conveniently located. Second, there is NO sales tax, so a $1.99 burger is $1.99. You don't have to figure out the tax on anything. Third,  More

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Over 19 years ago

Beware of the I-Tax. It is costly. Not to mention if you are new to the area the I-Tax reflects on the entire Multnomah County area. Even if you rent you  More

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Over 19 years ago

there are more than 2 months of summer there, lived there my whole  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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