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Wenatchee, WA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 8.8% more per student than Wenatchee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.3% higher in Salem than in Wenatchee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 5.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wenatchee

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 Wenatchee, WASalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,693$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,959$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,539$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.5718.4416.23
 Students per Librarian19926454573
 Students per Counselor414353530
 Grade School Educ.8.5%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.83.9%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.2%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.2%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.6%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Wenatchee    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

This is a wonderful place to live. Lots of sun, and Winters are not as cold as the East coast. With an enormous, thriving and escalating diversity of people, and  More

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Over 7 years ago

I grew up in Seattle and spend most of my life there. As much as I love the Seattle area I've always felt the need to leave my home town to explore new horizons.  More

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Over 11 years ago

As my main residence is in Oceanside Ca. I stay in E. Wenatchee 3 to 4 months a year (spring/summer) I can say that Wenatchee is an expensive place to live...yes more  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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ZIPS IN WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON
98801
ZIPS IN SALEM, OREGON
97301 97302 97304 97306

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