2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, OR vs Bastrop, LA

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Highlights
- Bastrop spends 36.5% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.9% higher in Bastrop than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bastrop had 19.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, ORBastrop, LAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,423$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,388$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock32674573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock75.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock0.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
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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Reviews for Bastrop    1 Reviews

It would do the state and country a world of good. I've been up here since evacuating from New Orleans and the only good thing I can say about it is that some of the  More

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