2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sweet Home, OR vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 5.0% less per student than Sweet Home.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% higher in Salem than in Sweet Home. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 10.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sweet Home
 Sweet Home, ORSalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,519  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6454573
 Students per Counselor325  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.7.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Sweet Home    4 Reviews

My son and his family are looking at a job transfer from Medford where fire smoke is getting nearly unbearable. I told him it’s bad in this area too, but what do the  More

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Over 7 years ago

This little town has potential but not enough financial support backing its law enforcement and park area's. Very depressed community and as an old logging town it  More

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Sweet Home is a beautiful town in the mountains with a river running through town. There are two reservoirs within a few minutes drive. Great fishing, boating and  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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