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Salem, OR vs Weiser, ID

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Highlights
- Weiser spends 46.7% less per student than Salem.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.8% lower in Weiser than in Salem. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Weiser had 3.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Salem
 Salem, ORWeiser, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,095$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,350  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,549$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12704573
 Students per Counselor353  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Weiser    3 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I love weiser the community always helps one another out. No one goes without. And it is very safe to raise children  More

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I would only give it one star except that their are some nice people there. There are many problems with this town. The City wants to make it a retirement community.  More

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Over 6 years ago

Only one grocery store no jobs and no public transportation and limited amount of police and their is an issue with racism in this town.it appears that the mayor and  More

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