2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Oswego, OR vs Chico, CA

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- Chico spends 17.7% less per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.0% higher in Chico than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 5.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, ORChico, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,909$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58434573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%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 Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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