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Lake Oswego, OR vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- Poughkeepsie spends 51.5% more per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.5% lower in Poughkeepsie than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Poughkeepsie had 11.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, ORPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$28,380$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,100$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9054573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 12 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 13 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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