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Washington, DC vs Tallahassee, FL

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- Tallahassee spends 63.1% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.0% higher in Tallahassee than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tallahassee had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington

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 Washington, DCTallahassee, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$30,279$11,178$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069$9,439$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,354$5,370$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.6517.1316.23
 Students per Librarian7969184573
 Students per Counselor445527530
 Grade School Educ.3.2%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%4.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.2%93.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.0%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%49.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.21.9%13.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%4.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.3%3.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 4 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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Reviews for Tallahassee    74 Reviews

My husband and I have been here for 5 years - we are not from Florida. Tallahassee is a very livable city. It is FULL of natural beauty and trees - you are surrounded by  More

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Over 4 years ago

Tallahassee is backwards. The housing is abundant yet way overpriced. The utility bills are insane with many extra fees-much higher than average. Lots of drunk students  More

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I lived in Tallahassee from 1999 to 2002 as a college student at FSU. I was not a fan of the town back then, but now I absolutely love it. I have been living here (for  More

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ZIPS IN WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
20011, 20002, 20019, 20020, 20009, 20001, 20032, 20016, 20010, 20003, 45 total
ZIPS IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
32303, 32304, 32312, 32309, 32301, 32308, 32311, 32305, 32310, 32317, 11 total

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