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Miami, FL vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 65.3% more per student than Miami.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% lower in Portland than in Miami. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 17.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami
 Miami, FLPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6144573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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