2024 Compare Cities Education:
Happy Valley, OR vs Phoenix, AZ

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Highlights
- Phoenix spends 43.6% less per student than Happy Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% lower in Phoenix than in Happy Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Phoenix had 12.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Happy Valley
 Happy Valley, ORPhoenix, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,730$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,998$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.0118.2416.23
 Students per Librarian74423484573
 Students per Counselor355718530
 Grade School Educ.1.4%8.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%8.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.8%83.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.9%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%30.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%8.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Happy Valley    4 Reviews

Over 13 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 13 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 14 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 Phoenix    449 Reviews

As someone that has worked in Phoenix for close to 20 years now. There is great areas to eat at, great opportunities for premium small businesses to set up shop and even  More

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Phoenix is a city of potential and definitely has a bad reputation that is not completely deserved all throughout the city itself. There is tons of things to do, places  More

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Phoenix has tons of the best places to shop and eat at bar none due to it being the big city. Downtown is definitely underrated. There also is some nice new developments  More

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