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Berkeley, CA vs Friday Harbor, WA

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Highlights
- Friday Harbor spends 9.1% more per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.7% lower in Friday Harbor than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Friday Harbor had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley
 Berkeley, CAFriday Harbor, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$19,407$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,396$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock17704573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 14 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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Reviews for Friday Harbor    2 Reviews

Beautiful place to retire and live, but a very expensive area to buy property and maintain. Services are limited and labor is in big shortage. So be prepared to pay up  More

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I lived on the Island for a couple of the winter months in 2007. I house sat a beautiful home on acreage with a view of the water. The Island is very quiet during the  More

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