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Happy Valley, OR vs Wilmington, NC

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- Wilmington spends 34.3% less per student than Happy Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.5% lower in Wilmington than in Happy Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wilmington had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Happy Valley
 Happy Valley, ORWilmington, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,310$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,430$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7234573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Wilmington    71 Reviews

I was born here and I will update more at a later time. First and most important, teh average cost of a 1br apt in Wilmington is approximately $1,800. Rentals have  More

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I think that a lot has changed since covid for this city and will continue to keep changing with our insane economy. But I was born and raised in Wilmington and have  More

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Scotty · 

Wilmington NC was once a wonderful city filled with Southern charm, history, safety and natural beauty. Recently that has been replaced by erasing everything Southern or  More

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