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Auburn, WA vs Missoula, MT

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- Missoula spends 35.9% less per student than Auburn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.5% lower in Missoula than in Auburn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Missoula had 9.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Auburn
 Auburn, WAMissoula, MTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,865$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,770$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4694573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
Reviews for Auburn    9 Reviews

We lived in a big house on the West Hill of Auburn and then moved to a small rambler amid the big houses on the East Hill of Auburn. So we've lived within the city of  More

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Hello, I have lived in Auburn WA for about 8 years or so, Auburn is a great place to live, full of awesome people and awesome everyday life if you enjoy a 9-5 job and  More

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Over 11 years ago

Auburn is a very ugly, and dirty city, rain and clouds 9 months of the year. Has become really ghetto and would not recommend anyone coming here. Houses are expensive  More

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Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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Over 5 years ago

I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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