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Roswell, NM vs Happy Valley, OR

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- Happy Valley spends 49.8% more per student than Roswell.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% higher in Happy Valley than in Roswell. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Happy Valley had 20.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Roswell
 Roswell, NMHappy Valley, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,966  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.37  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor1239  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Roswell    17 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Fantastic. Love the fearless open minds and hearts. Stayed there 2 years, versatile U.S.  More

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Methamphetamine, poverty/crime and cockroaches/scorpions are rampant in Roswell! The climate is DRY & it’s difficult to grow anything but weeds!  More

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Over 6 years ago

My family & I moved here from Olympia, Washington. It's a really nice town, plenty of sunshine, southern hospitality, biggest city in Chaves County & ?? friendly.  More

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Reviews for Happy Valley    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Happy Valley, OR is a great place to live. Just east of Portland its on a hill where you could see the beautiful city(Portland) in the valley. All the beautiful lights  More

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Over 14 years ago

Left NYC and moved straight to Portland 5 years ago. I'm in early 40s with kids and wife and they love it here  More

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Over 15 years ago

Damascus is a quiet community just East of Portland. We are close to Gresham, Clackamas, and Boring/Sandy. There is farm land out this way, nice friendly people and the  More

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