2024 Compare Cities Education:
Chelan, WA vs Spokane, WA

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Highlights
- Spokane spends 12.5% more per student than Chelan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.2% lower in Spokane than in Chelan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Spokane had 7.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chelan
 Chelan, WASpokane, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,693$17,661$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,959$13,157$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,539$8,051$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.5716.5416.23
 Students per Librarian199218994573
 Students per Counselor414368530
 Grade School Educ.4.9%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%4.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.9%93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%25.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.1%12.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.1%32.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.4%8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Chelan    1 Reviews

Summer climate wonderful with many fruit orchards and water sports and fishing 55 mile long lake...2 cents per kwh make utility costs very low. Have new Walmart super  More

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Reviews for Spokane    146 Reviews

Lived here all of my life. I've visited enough cities to understand that Spokane could be so much better, but it falls short in many ways. Its car-oriented development  More

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Over 2 years ago

I lived in the Spokane area for 35 years. It has its positives and negatives. Be sure and pick a safe community to live in. Rural areas are rather scary. Too many  More

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I've lived in Spokane for over 5 years after moving here from the Vancouver area for a job. I miss Western Washington. Home buying: When I first moved here, you could  More

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