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Portland, OR vs Painesville, OH

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Highlights
- Painesville spends 19.1% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.7% higher in Painesville than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Painesville had 9.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, ORPainesville, OHUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,844$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,578$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8894573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Painesville    2 Reviews

I have lived in Painesville for the last 16 years. The last 3 generations of my family have lived in Painesville and even attended the local high school, Thomas W.  More

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Decent place to live, but downtown painesville is very rundown. If you want to live in Lake County, Ohio, best to live in either Mentor or  More

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