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Happy Valley, OR vs Niagara Falls, NY

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- Niagara Falls spends 30.0% more per student than Happy Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.7% lower in Niagara Falls than in Happy Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Niagara Falls had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Happy Valley
 Happy Valley, ORNiagara Falls, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$24,345$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,103$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9094573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Niagara Falls    6 Reviews

Niagara Falls is a place where we are careful about saying ‘things are looking up’ because we’ve said that before and whatever big project promised falls through or just  More

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Over 15 years ago

Niagara Falls has very high crime and a steady increase in gang activity. Unemployment is very high, there is a lot of pollution and winters are too long. The falls  More

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Niagara Falls is plagued by contamination for radioactive waste and dumping, high crime high taxes and corrupt politicians. One would figure that a smaller town  More

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