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Missoula, MT vs Lake Oswego, OR

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- Lake Oswego spends 45.6% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.2% higher in Lake Oswego than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Oswego had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTLake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%1.5%
Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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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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