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Happy Valley, OR vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 4.5% more per student than Happy Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.3% lower in Portland than in Happy Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Happy Valley

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 Happy Valley, ORPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,730$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791$14,240$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,998$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.0117.2516.23
 Students per Librarian7446144573
 Students per Counselor355299530
 Grade School Educ.1.4%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.8%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%19.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.9%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.4%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%2.4%1.5%

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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 Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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ZIPS IN HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON
97086 97015
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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