2025 Compare Cities Education:
Portland, OR vs South Windsor, CT

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Highlights
- South Windsor spends 28.1% more per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.5% lower in South Windsor than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Windsor had 4.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland
 Portland, ORSouth Windsor, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,433$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4794573
 Students per Counselor299  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%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 South Windsor    3 Reviews

I'm from southern Calif., Los Angeles area all my life except for 10 years in Phoenix metro for college, and the start of my profession, then back to L.A. We moved to  More

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Over 16 years ago

South Windsor is a great town to raise children. Education is valued by the people who live here. I wish I could move this town somewhere warmer. The winters are too  More

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Houses are not cheap in South Windsor. Lots of recent commercial development if you like that sort of thing. The people are snobby in an upper-middle class sort of way  More

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