2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hillsboro, OR vs Portland, ME

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Highlights
- Portland spends 10.6% less per student than Hillsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.2% lower in Portland than in Hillsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 3.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hillsboro
 Hillsboro, ORPortland, MEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,700$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3604573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Portland    35 Reviews

Used to be great before the pandemic. Now people from out of state have ruined it by paying New York prices for real estate site unseen. Why would you live in Maine when  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have never lived here but the lack of Jimmy John’s is depressing and makes me wish I was deceased.  More

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Reggie · 
Over 7 years ago

I found out I was allergic to corn on the cob here. I would give Portland twelve thumbs downs if I could. My friend told me there was a subway here and I thought he  More

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