2025 Compare Cities Education:
Tempe, AZ vs Hillsboro, OR

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Highlights
- Hillsboro spends 88.4% more per student than Tempe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% lower in Hillsboro than in Tempe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hillsboro had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Tempe
 Tempe, AZHillsboro, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8094573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Tempe    22 Reviews

Tempe is a very unique case of a College Town that has quickly become a Small College City or a Small City. It used to be where there was small pockets of walkability  More

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Tempe is a small city that definitely has nice areas, nice weather, the people are always good, and it is home of ASU. The Tempe town council has done a good job towards  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lived in Arizona 55 yrs Phoenix /Tempe lost my job and got a offer to keep my job but had to move Fall River MA. I will take the heat over days of cold anytime . January  More

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Reviews for Hillsboro    10 Reviews

Hillsboro is definitely an improvement over Portland Oregon which went from a beautiful city to a major dump full of homelessness, garbage and crime. We had lived in  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in HIllsboro twice. It is a very diverse part of Portland with tons of immigrants and the best rural flare in the  More

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We lived here for seven years. What we loved about it was it was close to family; everything was close for doctors, shopping, libraries, parks,etc; and much was in  More

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