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Monrovia, CA vs Lake Oswego, OR

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- Lake Oswego spends 7.5% more per student than Monrovia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.0% lower in Lake Oswego than in Monrovia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Oswego had 9.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Monrovia
 Monrovia, CALake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%1.5%
Reviews for Monrovia    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

It's like Mayberry RFD in a Los Angeles Suburb. I love it, we have all the conveniences, and in this older neighborhood, with many historic homes, it is not a place  More

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Over 16 years ago

Best place to live in winters; hot in  More

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Over 18 years ago

Monrovia is a nice little city with diverse culture and recreation, we have easy access to freeways and convenient public transportation. We are pretty much close to  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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