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Seattle, WA vs Santee, CA

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Highlights
- Santee spends 18.5% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.2% higher in Santee than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santee had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle
 Seattle, WASantee, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$13,161$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5322.6516.23
 Students per Librarian989187444573
 Students per Counselor455513530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%5.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%92.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%28.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%30.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.4%6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%0.9%1.5%
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 Santee    10 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 12 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 16 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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