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Bentonville, AR vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Wasilla spends 19.1% more per student than Bentonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.5% higher in Wasilla than in Bentonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wasilla had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bentonville

Education
 Bentonville, ARWasilla, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,785$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,788$14,494$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,621$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.4919.4416.23
 Students per Librarian5148124573
 Students per Counselor393448530
 Grade School Educ.1.4%1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%4.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.3%94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.5%26.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.8%11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.0%21.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.5%7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%0.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%0.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Bentonville    13 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I've lived in Bentonville for 5 1/2 years and think it's a great city for families. There are tons of activities for kids and everything seems to be geared to young  More

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Nice people but there is no consumer protection. Be careful renting or spending on high ticket items.  More

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Mindy · 

People are friendly when out and about for the most part. Lots of people from India and CA are moving here. Walmart owns and controls EVERYTHING from the police  More

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Reviews for Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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