2026 Compare Cities Education:
Happy Valley, OR vs Grass Valley, CA

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- Grass Valley spends 18.9% more per student than Happy Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% lower in Grass Valley than in Happy Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grass Valley had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Happy Valley
 Happy Valley, ORGrass Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock84024573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Happy Valley    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Happy Valley, OR is a great place to live. Just east of Portland its on a hill where you could see the beautiful city(Portland) in the valley. All the beautiful lights  More

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Over 15 years ago

Left NYC and moved straight to Portland 5 years ago. I'm in early 40s with kids and wife and they love it here  More

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Over 16 years ago

Damascus is a quiet community just East of Portland. We are close to Gresham, Clackamas, and Boring/Sandy. There is farm land out this way, nice friendly people and the  More

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Reviews for Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  More

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