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Vancouver, WA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 10.6% less per student than Vancouver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% higher in Salem than in Vancouver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 2.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Vancouver

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 Vancouver, WASalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,098$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,102$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.1318.4416.23
 Students per Librarian10426454573
 Students per Counselor373353530
 Grade School Educ.2.9%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.0%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.5%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.6%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  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 4 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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ZIPS IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON
98682 98661 98683 98684 98664 98663 98660
ZIPS IN SALEM, OREGON
97301 97302 97304 97306

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