2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hillsboro, OR vs Columbia, TN

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 50.8% less per student than Hillsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.0% lower in Columbia than in Hillsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hillsboro
 Hillsboro, ORColumbia, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,801$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,478$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4874573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Columbia    7 Reviews

I was disturbed when I say old comments on this page. I recently moved to Columbia, TN. I saw associations with crime and other things that do not reflect what is by far  More

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Over 16 years ago

The jobs in Columbia, Tennessee are scarce in comparison to cities. It has been that way since the '90's. In the 90's General Electric and other major companies left the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Small old fashioned city. Not very progressive. great weather adequate schools no job growth. reasonable housing costs close to Nashville very few  More

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