2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Oswego, OR vs Prospect, KY

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Highlights
- Prospect spends 16.6% less per student than Lake Oswego.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.3% lower in Prospect than in Lake Oswego. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Prospect had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Oswego
 Lake Oswego, ORProspect, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,618$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,791  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,769$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4674573
 Students per Counselor355  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.0%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 Prospect    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Although housing is more expensive than most other cities in Kentucky, as are the real estate taxes it is worth it for the piece of mind and the great schools. Otherwise  More

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Quick response to what was posted. I would say her post is inaccurate except for the part about taxes. People are friendlier and more laid back than the people up  More

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Everything is relative as the saying goes, but we transplanted here from Germantown, TN (which we loved)to Prospect, KY (suburb of Louisville). We find the people are  More

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