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Richmond, CA vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 31.0% more per student than Richmond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% lower in Hillsboro than in Richmond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 14.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Richmond
 Richmond, CAHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 5 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  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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