2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sunnyvale, CA vs Bend, OR

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Highlights
- Bend spends 13.5% less per student than Sunnyvale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.9% lower in Bend than in Sunnyvale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bend had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sunnyvale
 Sunnyvale, CABend, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,919$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,451$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6024573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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