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Highland Park, IL vs Lake Oswego, OR

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Highlights
- Lake Oswego spends 23.4% less per student than Highland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.2% higher in Lake Oswego than in Highland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Oswego had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Highland Park
 Highland Park, ILLake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.56  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor592  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree13.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%1.5%
Reviews for Highland Park    3 Reviews

You can sail on Lake Michigan, and your culture differences are welcomed. look up "North Shore Yacht Club" for sailing and kayaking  More

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Highland Park (and the village of Highwood, which it surrounds) is a great place to live, offering a unique combination of benefits. First, it is on the shore of Lake  More

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Over 19 years ago

A wonderful place to rasie a family, but quite expensive. Great schools, but the "wealth culture" of this tony Chicago suburb causes a lot of anxiety among the kids.   More

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Reviews for Lake Oswego    14 Reviews

I have lived occasionally in Lake Oswego with my sister who married a LO man and found it very sweet. He was raised there by hard-working parents who had fantastic work  More

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Over 6 years ago

Retired in Lake Oswego to be close to family and Live in a beautiful little city. We call it Paradise. We’ve had part-time property in Oregon for 20 years and we have  More

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Ive lived here 22 years and it has gone from a charming small town to a congested pass thru neighborhood. People are rude, traffic a nightmare and we hate it here but  More

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