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Bethesda, MD vs Seaside, OR

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- Seaside spends 56.6% more per student than Bethesda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.2% higher in Seaside than in Bethesda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seaside had 4.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bethesda
 Bethesda, MDSeaside, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,908$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,752$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5104573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.5.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree17.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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Reviews for Seaside    2 Reviews

Horrible crime, you can’t leave your house without seeing flocks of drug addicts nor take a nature walk without seeing vagrant camps full of dirty, used needles and  More

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I lived in Seaside Oregon from 1974 te 1982, off and on. Now I'm way over in Pennsylvania, but I still call Seaside home. The area is so beautiful ... there's no place  More

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