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Portland, OR vs Roswell, GA

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Highlights
- Roswell spends 16.9% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.0% lower in Roswell than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Roswell had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORRoswell, GAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$16,267$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$14,100$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$8,086$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2513.816.23
 Students per Librarian6145704573
 Students per Counselor299397530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%3.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%93.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%13.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%61.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%17.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%3.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%2.1%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 Roswell    16 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I just moved here from out of state was excited because the area is beautiful, beautiful homes, parks, and schools have great ratings. Everyone seems nice when we are  More

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Over 7 years ago

While the public schools are good, they are constantly being under-funded and classroom sizes are increasing. You can get a decent home for the money here, but the area  More

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Over 7 years ago

We recently relocated (cross country) to Roswell, GA, and our family could not have found a better place. This is a family friendly town, with an abundance of activities  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN ROSWELL, GEORGIA
30075 30076

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