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Portland, OR vs Deming, NM

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Highlights
- Deming spends 34.7% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.6% lower in Deming than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Deming had 24.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, ORDeming, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,778$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,596$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock26764573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock15.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock70.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Deming    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I have lived there for 10 years. Beautiful scenery. Climate is great. Cost of living is low. Population nearly 15,000, 87% Hispanic. One of the poorest counties in the  More

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Very prone to treating new moving here as outsiders. Been here several years and feel will always be an outsider never a art of the community. Local Walmart main food  More

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Over 16 years ago

hi cost of living is very very reasonable in deming,climet is good,town doen't have many amenities.IE. home depot,lowes,applebees,chili's  More

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