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Vancouver, WA vs Downey, CA

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Highlights
- Downey spends 8.7% less per student than Vancouver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.6% higher in Downey than in Vancouver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Downey had 11.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Vancouver

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 Vancouver, WADowney, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,098$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,102$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.1321.8616.23
 Students per Librarian104265654573
 Students per Counselor373380530
 Grade School Educ.2.9%11.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%8.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.0%80.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.5%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%24.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.6%5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%0.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  More

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Reviews for Downey    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

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Over 16 years ago

downey has a decent area in the northeast part but mostly average homes and getting busy driving around the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Its a nice city. Just like the rest of Sounthern California it is overrun with illegal aliens. Housing and apartment renting is high,consdireing the age of the homes and  More

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ZIPS IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON
98682 98661 98683 98684 98664 98663 98660
ZIPS IN DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA
90241 90242 90240

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