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Anacortes, WA vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe spends 35.3% less per student than Anacortes.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.1% higher in South Lake Tahoe than in Anacortes. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 8.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Anacortes
 Anacortes, WASouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,430  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.62  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor348  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Anacortes    5 Reviews

Living here feels like you're on an a vacation and with so many other wonderful towns and destinations nearby too there’s always somewhere to go if you want to take a  More

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Over 16 years ago

My husband and I are thinking about relocating to Anacortes. Can you update the current real estate conditions and possibly comment on the access to jobs, health-care  More

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Over 17 years ago

Your population information for Anacortes is incorrect. Population is slightly under 16,000. Build out of the city's space is approximately 20,000 which is not  More

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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