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Happy Valley, OR vs Redwood City, CA

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Highlights
- Redwood City spends 7.2% more per student than Happy Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Redwood City than in Happy Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Redwood City had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Happy Valley
 Happy Valley, ORRedwood City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.1%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 Redwood City    11 Reviews

(Caveating everything with "it's Bay Area prices") Redwood City is a large sprawling town where you can find just about anything you're looking for. There's great  More

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The entire Bay Area is ridiculous. You can't compare it to other areas. RWC is reasonably cheap for the area. I pay $5K for a rental townhouse in one of the many  More

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Lovely weather. Safe place to live (I live in Redwood Shores). The only thing that keeps this place from being 5 stars is the cost of housing. When you have to pay an  More

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