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Petaluma, CA vs Happy Valley, OR

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Highlights
- Happy Valley spends 11.2% more per student than Petaluma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% lower in Happy Valley than in Petaluma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Happy Valley had 5.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Petaluma
 Petaluma, CAHappy Valley, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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Reviews for Happy Valley    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Happy Valley, OR is a great place to live. Just east of Portland its on a hill where you could see the beautiful city(Portland) in the valley. All the beautiful lights  More

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Over 14 years ago

Left NYC and moved straight to Portland 5 years ago. I'm in early 40s with kids and wife and they love it here  More

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Over 15 years ago

Damascus is a quiet community just East of Portland. We are close to Gresham, Clackamas, and Boring/Sandy. There is farm land out this way, nice friendly people and the  More

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