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The Dalles, OR vs Boise City, ID

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- Boise City spends 42.4% less per student than The Dalles.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.5% higher in Boise City than in The Dalles. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boise City had 9.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to The Dalles
 The Dalles, ORBoise City, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,841  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.12  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor305  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for The Dalles    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived in The Dalles for two years and I love it. The community is so kind and eager to get people involved. It's small enough that getting around town is quick and  More

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Over 6 years ago

WE chose TheDalles after living in WA State, Arizona, PA, and Texas over a 45 year span. Small town atmosphere and traffic, one of the BEST libraries in the country,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Fifteen year implant from from Seattle, don't miss the traffic,rain and gloom. Love the sun, water, picturesque views, history, hiking, cycling, small town parades and  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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