2024 Compare Cities Education:
Hillsboro, OR vs Ridgecrest, CA

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Highlights
- Ridgecrest spends 23.6% less per student than Hillsboro.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.3% higher in Ridgecrest than in Hillsboro. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ridgecrest had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hillsboro
 Hillsboro, ORRidgecrest, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,904$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222$12,833$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,532$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.2122.6316.23
 Students per Librarian809352994573
 Students per Counselor251764530
 Grade School Educ.4.6%3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%6.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.1%90.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%22.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.8%14.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%32.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.0%9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.6%1.3%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 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 Ridgecrest    7 Reviews

For context, I grew up in Ridgecrest and moved away after graduating high school. I have since lived in LA and the Bay Area but I visit RC often. RC is in the high  More

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Ridgecrest and Kern County are red state bastions in a land of blue voting counties. If you want a concealed weapons permit, you'll get it. Want to own any firearm  More

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Over 12 years ago

The hardest thing to get used to in Ridgecrest is the weather. It can get quite windy. And hot. 115 hot. But it's a dry heat! It does cool off in the evening, and it  More

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