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Kent, WA vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 2.5% less per student than Kent.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% lower in Portland than in Kent. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 6.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kent

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 Kent, WAPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$14,240$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5317.2516.23
 Students per Librarian9896144573
 Students per Counselor455299530
 Grade School Educ.6.9%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%3.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.2%93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%19.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.8%6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.5%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%4.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.4%2.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Kent    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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ZIPS IN KENT, WASHINGTON
98031 98030 98032
ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total

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