2025 Compare Cities Education:
Troy, MI vs Portland, OR

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Highlights
- Portland spends 28.9% more per student than Troy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.4% higher in Portland than in Troy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Portland had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Troy
 Troy, MIPortland, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6144573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Troy    9 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

, corruption is like  More

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Over 6 years ago

no one ever visited Troy, that writes this stuff,, Troy has a Black out, of any city corruption, most of the elected city are from the same zip code. and the heavy  More

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Over 8 years ago

This is the safest place to live in Michigan. The schools are ranked in the top of both the state and in the US. When our kids graduated 98% of the graduates went on  More

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Reviews for Portland    386 Reviews

I lived in Portland for 19 years (I've also lived in Boise, ID, the Bay Area, Austin, TX and now Nampa, ID). It drives me nuts when people try to give a large city a  More

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One of the best cities in America. Food scene is the best in the world. Weather is preferable over places where you have the same weather year round. I enjoy the  More

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I moved from Houston to Portland about a year ago. I remember reading the reviews on here and it making me second guess moving before I did, so I wanted to come back and  More

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