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Lake Oswego, OR vs Bethesda, MD

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- Bethesda spends 5.4% more per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.3% lower in Bethesda than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bethesda had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, ORBethesda, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4904573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock1.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock13.1%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 Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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