2025 Compare Cities Education:
Monterey, CA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 11.0% more per student than Monterey.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.1% lower in Salem than in Monterey. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 5.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Monterey
 Monterey, CASalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,156  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6454573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Monterey    21 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The Monterey city area is an excellent place to live and one of the few California locales where it's relatively safe to raise a family. If I could no longer live here I  More

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I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and had to leave to climb out of poverty. The median income is $35,000 and outside of the military, the jobs are mostly service  More

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My husband and I are just crazy about Monterey. I wonder if we take housing expenses (mortgage or rent) out of the picture, is Monterey still a very expensive city to  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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