2025 Compare Cities Education:
Springfield, OR vs Lake Oswego, OR

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Highlights
- Lake Oswego spends 28.6% more per student than Springfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.0% higher in Lake Oswego than in Springfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Oswego had 10.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Springfield
 Springfield, ORLake Oswego, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,107  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7444573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.0%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 14 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 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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