2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Oswego, OR vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 29.6% less per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.6% higher in Birmingham than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 10.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, ORBirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5474573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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