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Harvest, AL vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 52.8% more per student than Harvest.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% lower in Salem than in Harvest. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Harvest
 Harvest, ALSalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,752  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6454573
 Students per Counselor470  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Harvest    2 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

Small town not welcoming to outsiders. Everyone who is here are related or from the area they don't like transplants. People often don't speak and stare. Low crime.   More

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Generally speaking I find the crime rate in the Huntsville area to be outrageous for the number of people that live here... I would also like to add that I am a  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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