2026 Compare Cities Education:
Springfield, OR vs La Grande, OR

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Highlights
- La Grande spends 0.6% more per student than Springfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.7% lower in La Grande than in Springfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- La Grande had 4.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Springfield
 Springfield, ORLa Grande, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,648$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,107  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,813$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5314573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Springfield    5 Reviews

When I moved to Springfield with my family, we came from the north so didn't we didn't experience the scathing hatred Californians might encounter. Even so, not being a  More

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I lived her from Sept 2012 to Dec 2018. It was ok at first. Over the years the whole area has become.more and more unfriendly to moderate democrats, centrist or  More

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Over 15 years ago

How is it in Springfield ? Is it hard to get started in that town? How is the work  More

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Reviews for La Grande    6 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

When I moved to LaGrande in 2018, my son decided to go to college there. If you are curious about the EOU education, it's what a kid makes of it. He completed a degree  More

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Over 4 years ago

Don’t be fooled by thinking that scenery equals a good place to live. The town is too isolated to be this small with an over abundance of small minded, ignorant people  More

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Growing up in a different small town and making the journey to La Grande for college (home of Eastern Oregon University), I found the migration to La Grande's community  More

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