2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Oswego, OR vs Great Falls, MT

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Highlights
- Great Falls spends 26.4% less per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.7% lower in Great Falls than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Great Falls had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, ORGreat Falls, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,789$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,260$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3844573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Great Falls    22 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I grew up here. The lack of educational opportunities and adequate work opportunities made it extremely difficult to thrive. Upon leaving to the nearest metropolitan  More

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Please do not move to Great Falls if you are a liberal. Don't make a great red place go blue and ruin one of the last best unspoiled country places not yet destroyed by  More

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Over 4 years ago

I lived in Great Falls from 2012-2015 and could not leave fast enough! We lived near the downtown area (which you think would be nice with a $1200/month rent...) where  More

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