2025 Compare Cities Education:
Jersey City, NJ vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 17.6% less per student than Jersey City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.2% higher in Hillsboro than in Jersey City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jersey City
 Jersey City, NJHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,484  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.27  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor429  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Jersey City    20 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

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Over 16 years ago

Jersey City has improved over the past 10-15 years, especially Downtown Jersey City. It has the charm of brownstone homes and the appeal of new high rise condo  More

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Over 17 years ago

I'm fairly young but I grew up in this city, and it's not that bad. Some people say it's dangerous and I beg to differ. If you come from the suburbs perhaps you may feel  More

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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 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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