2025 Compare Cities Education:
Murray, UT vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 45.6% more per student than Murray.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.9% lower in Bend than in Murray. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Murray
 Murray, UTBend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,558  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor543  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Murray    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I've lived in Murray for the past 8 years and after reading the reviews here am compelled to write about our experience. We have seen little or no crime. Murray is safe.  More

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Over 7 years ago

We haven't lived here very long, I like all the grocery stores around the corner with 2 gas stations on 9th some of the streets are cute but I am hearing gunshots almost  More

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I am in the process of selling my condo in Murray, the area and building went from having working, clean tenants to a Mexican family of 6. The noise and trash left by  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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