2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hillsboro, OR vs Palm Desert, CA

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Highlights
- Palm Desert spends 23.2% less per student than Hillsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.3% higher in Palm Desert than in Hillsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palm Desert had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hillsboro
 Hillsboro, ORPalm Desert, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,296$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,941$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock249534573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%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 Palm Desert    14 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Palm Desert, CA is full of rude people. One woman in a long sleeved pink shirt is being extremely rude and mocking people for no reason at a neighborhood Walmart in Palm  More

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Palm Desert is clean, upscale and beautiful. The views of the Santa Rosa Mountains bright blue sky and green expanses of golf course fairways, swimming pools and  More

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I made the mistake of moving here after a short vacation to be closer to family. Biggest mistake of my life! This is not the place to live if health is important to you.  More

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