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Portland, OR vs Gilroy, CA

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Highlights
- Gilroy spends 6.0% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.2% higher in Gilroy than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gilroy had 10.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORGilroy, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2521.5916.23
 Students per Librarian61465284573
 Students per Counselor299646530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%9.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%6.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%83.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%25.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%28.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%8.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%1.2%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 Gilroy    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I am in the process and figuring out where to move and I have been doing cost comparison, amoung other things, on different places. When will you be updating the tax  More

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Trust me, I love the ecosystem in Gilroy but the truth is that city as a whole does not care about its youth(nor the silicon vally in general but gilroy takes the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Since moving to Gilory six years ago, I've really fallen in love with the small town atmoshpere. I communte 30 minutes to San Jose along with my kids every day. That  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN GILROY, CALIFORNIA
95020

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