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Lake Oswego, OR vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 15.0% less per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.1% lower in Bend than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, ORBend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Oswego    14 Reviews

I have lived occasionally in Lake Oswego with my sister who married a LO man and found it very sweet. He was raised there by hard-working parents who had fantastic work  More

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Over 6 years ago

Retired in Lake Oswego to be close to family and Live in a beautiful little city. We call it Paradise. We’ve had part-time property in Oregon for 20 years and we have  More

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Ive lived here 22 years and it has gone from a charming small town to a congested pass thru neighborhood. People are rude, traffic a nightmare and we hate it here but  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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