2025 Compare Cities Education:
Happy Valley, OR vs Moscow, ID

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Highlights
- Moscow spends 35.6% less per student than Happy Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.2% lower in Moscow than in Happy Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Moscow had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Happy Valley
 Happy Valley, ORMoscow, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5634573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.1%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 Moscow    13 Reviews

I paused to reread my comments below. What was missing is the heart of the matter, which I’d like to explain now before you read my experience and opinion. While I  More

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Over 5 years ago

Moved to Moscow, ID in retirement. Great to leave Seattle and whacky WA state Gov. Small quaint town. Christian based safe place. Housing is hard to come by. Based upon  More

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Development is only a good thing when it's beneficial for the whole community. Lived here for 36 years. It's changed from a strong, middle class community with a  More

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