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Moses Lake, WA vs Puyallup, WA

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Highlights
- Puyallup spends 14.8% more per student than Moses Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.6% higher in Puyallup than in Moses Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Puyallup had 9.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Moses Lake

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 Moses Lake, WAPuyallup, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,989$18,363$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,709$14,056$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,972$7,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5618.6816.23
 Students per Librarian293411394573
 Students per Counselor393441530
 Grade School Educ.5.9%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.7%4.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.4%93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.0%25.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.14.2%12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.6%25.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.0%6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Moses Lake    10 Reviews

The population stays around the same. Companies come and go, and the overall jobs (I mean professional jobs, not BK or McD's) seem to come and go too. Mitsubishi is only  More

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Over 9 years ago

You are way off on your population for Moses Lake, WA We have been at 21,414, stated officially on the sign as entering Moses Lake, all 2014. Please correct this asap.  More

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Over 12 years ago

I enjoy the dry desert climate and central location to outdoor activities. Even though it is desert we enjoy four seasons. The drawback is the influx of gain related  More

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Reviews for Puyallup    10 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I moved here from FL a year and a half ago and I love Puyallup. The only other review was from someone who clearly wishes they were still in Colorado. It also seems they  More

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I just moved here from Colorado due to my job and it's definitely not what I had hoped for. It doesn't seem like a completely horrible place to live like Tacoma or other  More

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Over 10 years ago

Lived in the south Puget Sound area all my life and wouldn't live any where else. I've been to other states but this is it! Love being so close to the mountains, ocean  More

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98837
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98372 98371

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