2025 Compare Cities Education:
Springfield, OR vs Lowell, MA

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Highlights
- Lowell spends 61.7% more per student than Springfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.2% lower in Lowell than in Springfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lowell had 8.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Springfield
 Springfield, ORLowell, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,560$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,107  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,141$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3544573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Lowell    4 Reviews

Lowell... what a city! Remember to read the plaques on each sewer reminding our residents not to wash your daily garbage down the gutters. Remember, here in Lowell,  More

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Over 17 years ago

We are in a quiet neighbor hood with modtly elderly people on our street, I have always lived in this city and I wouldn't change for any place in the U.S.A I love the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Many parts of Middlesex county have become incredibly congested and overcrowded in recent years due to immigration. Some white flight taking place in Lowell, though  More

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