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Portland, OR vs Dayton, NV

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Highlights
- Dayton spends 40.8% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% higher in Dayton than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dayton had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORDayton, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$11,580$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$10,886$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$5,936$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2517.6316.23
 Students per Librarian6146374573
 Students per Counselor299357530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%7.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%30.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%15.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%17.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%0.4%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 Dayton    4 Reviews

We moved from Klamath Falls, OR, where we lived for 14 yrs. and was one of the friendliest towns I've experienced, to Dayton in 2019. Priced out of the housing markets  More

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Over 3 years ago

Do yourself a huge favor before you decide to live here, and visit during both summer and winter. Don't rely on the lying locals that tell you how mild the winters are  More

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Over 9 years ago

After retiring from California we searched from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Arizona and Nevada and we settled in Dayton Nevada. It is a wonderful small town just 11+  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN DAYTON, NEVADA
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