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Happy Valley, OR vs Mill Creek, WA

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- Mill Creek spends 5.4% less per student than Happy Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.5% lower in Mill Creek than in Happy Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mill Creek had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Happy Valley
 Happy Valley, ORMill Creek, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,718$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,118$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock15644573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Happy Valley    4 Reviews

Over 14 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 14 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 15 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 Mill Creek    3 Reviews

The State of Washington finds many, many ways to tax their residents, more so than anywhere else I have lived. I moved here from the Bay Area, and wish I had stayed in  More

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Over 17 years ago

We love it here been out of the south (baton rouge,la) for almost 3 years, but will not be able to stay because the standard of living is over the  More

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Over 19 years ago

When I lived there a few years ago, most houses were around 500K and up. IF that's your price range, the schools are good and the area is very pretty. Lots of  More

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