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Santee, CA vs Lake Oswego, OR

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- Lake Oswego spends 14.5% more per student than Santee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.1% lower in Lake Oswego than in Santee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Oswego had 7.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santee
 Santee, CALake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%1.5%
Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 13 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 17 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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Reviews for Lake Oswego    14 Reviews

I have lived occasionally in Lake Oswego with my sister who married a LO man and found it very sweet. He was raised there by hard-working parents who had fantastic work  More

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Over 6 years ago

Retired in Lake Oswego to be close to family and Live in a beautiful little city. We call it Paradise. We’ve had part-time property in Oregon for 20 years and we have  More

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Ive lived here 22 years and it has gone from a charming small town to a congested pass thru neighborhood. People are rude, traffic a nightmare and we hate it here but  More

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