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Albany, CA vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 12.8% more per student than Albany.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.3% lower in Seattle than in Albany. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 1.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Albany

Education
 Albany, CASeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$14,996$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6118.5316.23
 Students per Librarian95559894573
 Students per Counselor603455530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%2.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.7%95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.5%13.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.2%6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.3%65.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.25.4%19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%5.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree10.4%3.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 12 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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94706
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98115, 98103, 98133, 98105, 98118, 98125, 98122, 98117, 98144, 98109, 28 total

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