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Hillsboro, OR vs Puyallup, WA

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Highlights
- Puyallup spends 7.7% less per student than Hillsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% higher in Puyallup than in Hillsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Puyallup had 2.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hillsboro

Education
 Hillsboro, ORPuyallup, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,904$18,363$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222$14,056$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,532$7,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2118.6816.23
 Students per Librarian80911394573
 Students per Counselor251441530
 Grade School Educ.4.6%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%4.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.1%93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%25.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%25.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.0%6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.6%1.0%1.5%

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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 1 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 Puyallup    10 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved here from FL a year and a half ago and I love Puyallup. The only other review was from someone who clearly wishes they were still in Colorado. It also seems they  More

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I just moved here from Colorado due to my job and it's definitely not what I had hoped for. It doesn't seem like a completely horrible place to live like Tacoma or other  More

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Over 10 years ago

Lived in the south Puget Sound area all my life and wouldn't live any where else. I've been to other states but this is it! Love being so close to the mountains, ocean  More

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ZIPS IN HILLSBORO, OREGON
97124 97123
ZIPS IN PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON
98372 98371

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