2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hillsboro, OR vs Marina, CA

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Highlights
- Marina spends 22.8% less per student than Hillsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.3% higher in Marina than in Hillsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Marina had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hillsboro
 Hillsboro, ORMarina, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%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 Marina    4 Reviews

I've lived in Marina for the last 15 years. It is a gray place with old dated looking buildings, no real main street, and is the domain of the slum lord, and the mini  More

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Old Fort Ord is the only affordable housing on the Monterey Peninsula. It's frequently colder here than it was in Oregon. There is finally some local public  More

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Over 18 years ago

I find it funny when I lived here from '91-'01 there were hardly any stores new homes being build to justify staying. Then as soon as I move the city finally starts  More

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