2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hillsboro, OR vs Carthage, MO

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Highlights
- Carthage spends 48.7% less per student than Hillsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.9% lower in Carthage than in Hillsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carthage had 22.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hillsboro
 Hillsboro, ORCarthage, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,205$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,094$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4754573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock16.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock70.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

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Reviews for Carthage    1 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Last year my wife and I moved to Carthage from the Pacific Northwest. Even before we purchased our home, the people of Carthage welcomed us in the spirit of  More

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