2025 Compare Cities Education:
Salem, OR vs Fruitland, ID

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Highlights
- Fruitland spends 49.7% less per student than Salem.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.7% lower in Fruitland than in Salem. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fruitland had 5.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salem
 Salem, ORFruitland, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,586$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,350  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,112$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11584573
 Students per Counselor353  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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Reviews for Fruitland    2 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

It is a law in every state that in order to live there you need to have the state's driver's license. Fruiltland, is a small community. They have a better school  More

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Payette County, Id., 50 miles West of Boise, has been a somewhat isolated communty. Everyone does know everyone else and if you like privacy this may not be the place  More

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