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Portland, OR vs San Tan Valley, AZ

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Highlights
- San Tan Valley spends 48.7% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.3% higher in San Tan Valley than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Tan Valley had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, ORSan Tan Valley, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,044$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,280$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock73694573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 San Tan Valley    2 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here for nearly two years now. I find it to be a great place to live with a few drawbacks. 1.) There is no highway access and results in messy traffic  More

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Over 8 years ago

This place is AWFUL what a mistake we made! Schools are crap & constantly begging for supplies, traffic gets worse by the day as they continue to throw up subdivisions,  More

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