2025 Compare Cities Education:
La Grande, OR vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 8.7% more per student than La Grande.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.8% higher in Bend than in La Grande. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to La Grande
 La Grande, ORBend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,491  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor471  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for La Grande    6 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

When I moved to LaGrande in 2018, my son decided to go to college there. If you are curious about the EOU education, it's what a kid makes of it. He completed a degree  More

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Over 3 years ago

Don’t be fooled by thinking that scenery equals a good place to live. The town is too isolated to be this small with an over abundance of small minded, ignorant people  More

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Growing up in a different small town and making the journey to La Grande for college (home of Eastern Oregon University), I found the migration to La Grande's community  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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