2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mooresville, NC vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 93.5% more per student than Mooresville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.3% higher in Portland than in Mooresville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mooresville
 Mooresville, NCPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,895  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6144573
 Students per Counselor365  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Mooresville    19 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for a while, it has everything you need. But 150 traffics  More

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Over 6 years ago

It's a nice town but all the jobs are either service industry or manufacturers that don't pay well. If you're single and make less than 50,000 a year good luck finding  More

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Over 9 years ago

Hi, Moving back to NC to the Moorseville area. Am so excited . I am not from this area . so not familiar with area. So any insite would be greatly appericate. I to go  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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