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Seattle, WA vs Kent, WA

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Highlights
- Kent spends 0.0% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Kent than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kent had 8.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle

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 Seattle, WAKent, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$14,996$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5318.5316.23
 Students per Librarian9899894573
 Students per Counselor455455530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%87.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%10.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%27.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.4%6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%0.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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Reviews for Kent    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

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Western Washington has a moderate climate with summers that do not get too hot as a rule usually the upper 70's to low 80's for a couple months then dropping back to  More

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employment-housing-mass-transit, kent has it  More

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ZIPS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
98115, 98103, 98133, 98105, 98118, 98125, 98122, 98117, 98144, 98109, 28 total
ZIPS IN KENT, WASHINGTON
98031 98030 98032

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