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Puyallup, WA vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 8.4% more per student than Puyallup.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% lower in Hillsboro than in Puyallup. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Puyallup
 Puyallup, WAHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Puyallup    10 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I moved here from FL a year and a half ago and I love Puyallup. The only other review was from someone who clearly wishes they were still in Colorado. It also seems they  More

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I just moved here from Colorado due to my job and it's definitely not what I had hoped for. It doesn't seem like a completely horrible place to live like Tacoma or other  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lived in the south Puget Sound area all my life and wouldn't live any where else. I've been to other states but this is it! Love being so close to the mountains, ocean  More

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Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

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