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Shelton, WA vs Lake Oswego, OR

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- Lake Oswego spends 7.9% more per student than Shelton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.1% lower in Lake Oswego than in Shelton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Oswego had 21.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shelton
 Shelton, WALake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,642  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%1.5%
Reviews for Shelton    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here 13 years. Air smells like chemicals and gasses not to mention how terrible the pollen is. People are either terribly rude, your friends, or follow you home at  More

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Over 6 years ago

Shelton is a town stuck in the mud. Thats the best way to describe it. People like it that way from what I can tell. It's stuck in time between an old town appearance   More

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Below are the crime statistics on Shelton Wa compared to the national average. Several thing you can count on in Shelton is increase crime, homeless living everywhere  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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