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Manchester, OH vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 24.4% more per student than Manchester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.0% higher in Salem than in Manchester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 14.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Manchester
 Manchester, OHSalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,195  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6454573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.5.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Manchester    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I recently stopped through Adams County with my son,and to my surprise, I walked into a scene from the movie "Mississippi Burning". I had never in my life experience  More

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Over 14 years ago

I live in Manchester and theres a few areas of manchester that are decent but most look horrible if i could choose the best street it would be 8th St. There are planty  More

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Over 19 years ago

This place is very quiet and pretty. There is no flood wall, so there is an occasional flood in town. It's surrounded by rural farms. Lots of deer and tobacco and  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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