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Kailua (Hawaii County), HI vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 3.8% less per student than Kailua (Hawaii County).
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.1% higher in Salem than in Kailua (Hawaii County). (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 4.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kailua (Hawaii County)
 Kailua (Hawaii County), HISalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,564  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.4  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6454573
 Students per Counselor268  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Kailua (Hawaii County)    8 Reviews

The area is a bit overrated. The best location is on the beachfront. That is what the area is really known for. Going further away from the beach on streets like Oneawa  More

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Thank you Sperling's for these  More

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Over 16 years ago

I recently spent 2 years in Kona. I fell in love with it but its no place for working class people. The housing is so expensive that they had create a 60 mile (one  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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