2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hillsboro, OR vs La Mesa, CA

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Highlights
- La Mesa spends 17.8% less per student than Hillsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.4% higher in La Mesa than in Hillsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- La Mesa had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hillsboro
 Hillsboro, ORLa Mesa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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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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 La Mesa    9 Reviews

The same San Diego prices and high taxes, but not the nice weather. 15 degrees hotter than the coast. Save the money and move to AZ if you like the climate in La Mesa.  More

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I now live in Wyoming but I was a third generation San Diegan, my maternal grandmother having been born on Coronado Island in 1894. If you are a new arrival to the  More

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I Need Correct Information I lived there Over 20 Years  More

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