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Portland, OR vs Lynnwood, WA

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Highlights
- Lynnwood spends 9.5% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.6% higher in Lynnwood than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lynnwood had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORLynnwood, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$17,718$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$14,748$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$9,118$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2518.9116.23
 Students per Librarian61415644573
 Students per Counselor299420530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%6.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%26.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%28.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%1.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%1.3%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 Lynnwood    11 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

It rains a lot here. If you can handle the rain, the "3" months of summer is  More

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Over 15 years ago

Lynnwood is a small city of approximately 34,000 people located in South Snohomish County. It's a 20 minute ride to downtown Seattle from here. Many residents work in  More

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Over 16 years ago

This winter was/is one of the coldest and longest since my return to Washington state a few years ago. I also lived here in the late 80's/early 90's, and our recent  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN LYNNWOOD, WASHINGTON
98036 98037

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