2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Oswego, OR vs Commerce City, CO

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Highlights
- Commerce City spends 20.8% less per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.8% lower in Commerce City than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Commerce City had 15.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, ORCommerce City, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,840$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,182$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10044573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Commerce City    3 Reviews

I've lived here for 12 years. Back then the houses were priced right, you could get a nice smaller house for under 100k. Right now the prices are outrageous, like  More

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I recently moved to Commerce City, specifically the Reunion/Buffalo Mesa area. I love it here - it's a great family community with a wide variety of ethnicities. There  More

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Shacks, Blue collar trash, and crime. Add in traffic, oil refineries, and the smell of fresh pretrol with a truck stop and there you have Commerce City. The name speaks  More

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