2025 Compare Cities Education:
Happy Valley, OR vs Wake Forest, NC

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Highlights
- Wake Forest spends 38.0% less per student than Happy Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.5% lower in Wake Forest than in Happy Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wake Forest had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Happy Valley
 Happy Valley, ORWake Forest, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,316$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8294573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%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 Wake Forest    5 Reviews

Im a 22 year old male from Denver Colorado.im looking to relocate and transfer for work . Colorado has high taxes and high cost of living and also to much snow during  More

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Relocating from New York City three years ago took some adjustment and once settled in Wake Forest I was able to breath a little bit easier. The pace is something you  More

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The Triangle is a great place to work and live, more reasonable than the North but more expensive than most places in the South. We live in a beautiful  More

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