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Puyallup, WA vs Rock Island, IL

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Highlights
- Rock Island spends 12.9% less per student than Puyallup.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.8% lower in Rock Island than in Puyallup. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rock Island had 6.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Puyallup

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 Puyallup, WARock Island, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,363$15,998$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,056$13,861$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,966$8,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.6815.1616.23
 Students per Librarian113912824573
 Students per Counselor441392530
 Grade School Educ.2.4%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%8.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.1%86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%27.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.8%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.7%21.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.0%5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%1.1%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Rock Island    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Pros: 1. Extremely low cost of living 2. Affordable place to live Cons: 1. High crime rate 2. Poor school system 3. Not much to  More

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Rock Island has a varied background and contains many cultural and historic areas. It has been improving its school system and is in a metropolitan area which contains  More

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Over 18 years ago

I just moved here for work one year ago. Moving from San Francisco here was a shock but ultimatelly good. The community is a typical midwestern small town. It is part  More

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ZIPS IN PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON
98372 98371
ZIPS IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS
61201

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