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Portland, OR vs Plantation, FL

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Highlights
- Plantation spends 40.1% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% higher in Plantation than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Plantation had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, ORPlantation, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,723$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,249$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7214573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%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 Plantation    16 Reviews

I lived there for 25 years and it used to be awesome but it has gone downhill a LOT the past 10 years and a lot of people are leaving for that reason or would if they  More

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Over 12 years ago

Job and real estate markets still sluggish and we are finding it difficult to get  More

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Over 13 years ago

Great place to live. Good place for shopping, golfing and schools. central location in respect  More

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