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Bethesda, MD vs Ridgefield, WA

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Highlights
- Ridgefield spends 3.2% less per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.0% higher in Ridgefield than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ridgefield had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda

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 Bethesda, MDRidgefield, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,736$19,098$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$10,703$8,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.6318.1316.23
 Students per Librarian49010424573
 Students per Counselor292373530
 Grade School Educ.1.1%0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%2.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.1%97.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%27.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.1.7%12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%34.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.28.6%9.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%2.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree13.1%0.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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Reviews for Ridgefield    3 Reviews

We have lived in Ridgefield for 16 years. Seen it grow into one of the best places to live in America - if not the best. Not far from I-15, best schools in State,  More

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Over 17 years ago

but it's gotten overrun with yuppie types. Probably what the people that lived here when I moved in thought,  More

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Moved here fifteen years ago from the Montclair area of the Bay Area. Wanted the best of San Francisco Bay Area without the traffic, over population. Less than 20  More

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ZIPS IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND
20817 20814 20816
ZIPS IN RIDGEFIELD, WASHINGTON
98642

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