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Portland, OR vs Granite City, IL

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Highlights
- Granite City spends 28.8% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.8% lower in Granite City than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Granite City had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, ORGranite City, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,939$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,302$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58374573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.3%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 Granite City    2 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Fair, Cost of living average , close to St. Louis Attractions, air quality poor, steal mill causes lots of respiratory illness. Water qualty used to be above average til  More

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Over 16 years ago

Granite City is not a bad place to live. The smell of the steel plants is annoying sometimes. There is rarely a day go by that you don't here sirens going down the  More

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