2025 Compare Cities Education:
Prineville, OR vs Goldendale, WA

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Highlights
- Goldendale spends 25.1% more per student than Prineville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% higher in Goldendale than in Prineville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Goldendale had 11.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Prineville
 Prineville, ORGoldendale, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,976$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,535  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,753$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock249774573
 Students per Counselor510  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Prineville    7 Reviews

Sunshine 300 days a year, friendly people, conservative values. Less than an hour from  More

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Over 7 years ago

Prineville is a great place to live, if you can find a home to live in. There is a housing shortage, at less than 1% and holding for more than 3 years. Otherwise, we  More

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We moved to Prineville from La Pine Oregon. Prineville is a smaller town of about 9k but has a huge amount of things that often go unnoticed. The beauty that surrounds  More

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Reviews for Goldendale    5 Reviews

GOLDENDALE is loved by a very select, elite, and religious group. I withhold using labels to describe the mentality of Goldendale, but can describe the hostile treatment  More

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Read the two reviews before I made this commentary. The reviews submitted so far are from locals who have survived some economic hard times in the area. Both of these  More

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I have lived here all of my 34 years and its has been a great place to live, raise a family, have what fun there is to have and just to relax. A beautiful place for the  More

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