2024 Compare Cities Education:
Post Falls, ID vs Puyallup, WA

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Highlights
- Puyallup spends 108.6% more per student than Post Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.4% lower in Puyallup than in Post Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Puyallup had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Post Falls
 Post Falls, IDPuyallup, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,804$18,363$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,177$14,056$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,065$7,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.9418.6816.23
 Students per Librarian106311394573
 Students per Counselor402441530
 Grade School Educ.1.4%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%4.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.2%93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.8%25.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.6%12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%25.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.9%6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.3%1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Post Falls    6 Reviews

In moving here I knew about the snow. Not a matter of if but how much. What I didn't know was how windy it gets and how often. I also didn't know about the dust. It's  More

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Over 5 years ago

Moved here from Seattle in 2018. Even though the population is under 40,000 it doesn't feel like small town Mayberry. The biggest mistake I see happening is the building  More

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Post Falls had great potential; too bad the city planning committee blew it! It's such a disorganized bunch of housing communities built just what looks like where ever  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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