2024 Compare Cities Education:
Westlake, OH vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 15.4% less per student than Westlake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.2% higher in Salem than in Westlake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Westlake
 Westlake, OHSalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,172$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,425$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,106$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.718.4416.23
 Students per Librarian8436454573
 Students per Counselor462353530
 Grade School Educ.1.4%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.1%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.6%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.6%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.9%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.6%1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Westlake    4 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have been living in Westlake for over 5 years and I absolutely love it! Crocker Park is a wonderful place to hang out with the family and pets and there are great  More

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Over 18 years ago

people are a little stodgy and snobbish and taxes are definitely NOT low. You get taxed for everything, including double-taxed for working in another community (i.e.  More

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Over 19 years ago

I am a Southerner, but the best years of my life were in Westlake. The Cleveland Metroparks are tops.   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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