2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hillsboro, OR vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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- Half Moon Bay spends 0.9% more per student than Hillsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% higher in Half Moon Bay than in Hillsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hillsboro
 Hillsboro, ORHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%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 Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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