2024 Compare Cities Education:
Bellingham, WA vs Somerset, KY

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Highlights
- Somerset spends 34.5% less per student than Bellingham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.6% lower in Somerset than in Bellingham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Somerset had 17.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bellingham
 Bellingham, WASomerset, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,213$11,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,140$10,255$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,672$6,241$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.1115.6416.23
 Students per Librarian12125074573
 Students per Counselor373424530
 Grade School Educ.1.7%10.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%11.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.6%78.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%26.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.0%8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.4%17.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.9%6.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.3%0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Bellingham    58 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I've lived in so many cities in 5 west coast states and have come to a conclusion that Bellingham is the greatest city to live, work, play and raise a family. After  More

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Over 3 years ago

From what I’ve seen and heard, the very liberal political/ethical beliefs of Bellingham residents, as well as the grey rainy weather, are the main things a few people  More

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If you’re like many Americans and caught up in right vs left you won’t like the far left here in Bellingham wa. If you put politics away and you enjoy skiing,  More

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Reviews for Somerset    7 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

There is certainly a small town atmosphere here. It seems as if there is a high percentage of the population that wants to get Somerset "on the map", but they want to do  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived here since 1989. My family moved me here from Chicago Ill when I was 5 years old. Growing up in this place, I can tell you first hand what you children will  More

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Over 16 years ago

I wanted to post facts on somerset on my previous post because sometimes on bestplaces.net it is just opinions and those can be misleading or one-sided. So I posted  More

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