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Portland, OR vs Berkeley, CA

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Highlights
- Berkeley spends 9.1% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.3% higher in Berkeley than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Berkeley had 3.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORBerkeley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$13,323$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2521.6116.23
 Students per Librarian61495554573
 Students per Counselor299603530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%11.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%73.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%23.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%7.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%9.8%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 11 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 13 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720

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