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Portland, OR vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 22.4% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.8% higher in Richmond than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 14.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORRichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$12,448$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2522.2116.23
 Students per Librarian61475184573
 Students per Counselor299584530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%8.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%19.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%32.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%1.7%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 Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 4 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA
94804 94801 94805

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