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Lake Oswego, OR vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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Highlights
- Half Moon Bay spends 7.2% more per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Half Moon Bay than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 10.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, ORHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%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.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%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 Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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