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Portland, OR vs Vancouver, WA

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Highlights
- Vancouver spends 2.4% less per student than Portland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.1% higher in Vancouver than in Portland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vancouver had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Portland

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 Portland, ORVancouver, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,574$19,098$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,240$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,835$8,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.2518.1316.23
 Students per Librarian61410424573
 Students per Counselor299373530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%6.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%25.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.9%10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.9%30.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.9%7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.4%1.3%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 Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  More

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ZIPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON
97206, 97202, 97233, 97219, 97236, 97230, 97211, 97266, 97217, 97203, 28 total
ZIPS IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON
98682 98661 98683 98684 98664 98663 98660

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