2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hood River, OR vs Goldendale, WA

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Highlights
- Goldendale spends 11.3% less per student than Hood River.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.8% higher in Goldendale than in Hood River. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Goldendale had 10.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hood River
 Hood River, ORGoldendale, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,976$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,375  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,753$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock249774573
 Students per Counselor268  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Hood River    10 Reviews

I have lived here for 20 years coming from the NY east coast area. This is a lot better in Summer as reflected in the rents which are out of this world -- $200 per  More

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Over 10 years ago

Hood River Oregon is a amazing place to live the winters are awesome lots to do.The two things that i found that sucks about hood river is the cost of living and the  More

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Over 15 years ago

I would like to know how many Hispanics are register voters in the city of The Dalles OR. And how many Hispanics are there in the ciy of The Dalles  More

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Reviews for Goldendale    5 Reviews

GOLDENDALE is loved by a very select, elite, and religious group. I withhold using labels to describe the mentality of Goldendale, but can describe the hostile treatment  More

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Read the two reviews before I made this commentary. The reviews submitted so far are from locals who have survived some economic hard times in the area. Both of these  More

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I have lived here all of my 34 years and its has been a great place to live, raise a family, have what fun there is to have and just to relax. A beautiful place for the  More

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