2025 Compare Cities Education:
Tigard, OR vs Carbondale, IL

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Highlights
- Carbondale spends 4.1% less per student than Tigard.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.5% lower in Carbondale than in Tigard. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carbondale had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Tigard
 Tigard, ORCarbondale, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,079$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,644$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12404573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Tigard    4 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived in Tigard for more than 10 years. It is about 15-20 minutes away from Portland, and has some nice neighborhoods. That being said, housing is expensive,  More

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Statistics are one thing, reality is more important. Living in Tigard, OR is hellish. The weather is horrible - rain, mud, algae, sleet, hail pretty much most of the  More

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Over 14 years ago

Tigard is conveniently located to the major highways, a little slower pace of life, and the west side of the Portland metro area has better weather. The city is  More

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Reviews for Carbondale    7 Reviews

I've lived in C'dale for over 30 years. I got an excellent education here - Giant City School was great, though fairly insular and not very diverse (among its drawbacks  More

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Over 17 years ago

I like Carbondale. It is relaxing and an easy way to go about getting a college degree. It has its ups and downs, mainly with the people in the town not recognizing the  More

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All of the comments are negative here and seem to me to be misleading. The idea that you have to have a lot of money in Carbondale is ridiculous. The price of cultural  More

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