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Tracy, CA vs Puyallup, WA

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Highlights
- Puyallup spends 28.0% more per student than Tracy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.4% lower in Puyallup than in Tracy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Puyallup had 10.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tracy

Education
 Tracy, CAPuyallup, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,344$18,363$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,386$14,056$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,464$7,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.8818.6816.23
 Students per Librarian2343611394573
 Students per Counselor566441530
 Grade School Educ.8.4%2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%4.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.84.1%93.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.3%25.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.2%12.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.4%25.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.0%6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Tracy    18 Reviews

Native born and raised in Tracy. I've seen it go from a small community of 12,000 to almost 100,000 in 50 years. The growth has not been for the better IMO. It has  More

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I was raised in Tracy and over the last 60+ years, it has gone from a small town of about 9,000 to almost 100,000. The changes have not all been good. It was a good  More

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I have been living here for 4 years and I can’t wait to move out of here. Tracy is a place very very very dusty.. it can be just one week and you have to wipe out  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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ZIPS IN TRACY, CALIFORNIA
95376 95377 95304
ZIPS IN PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON
98372 98371

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