2025 Compare Cities Education:
Birch Bay, WA vs Colville, WA

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Highlights
- Colville spends 11.0% less per student than Birch Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.8% higher in Colville than in Birch Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Colville had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Birch Bay
 Birch Bay, WAColville, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,314$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,140  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,613$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock25494573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Birch Bay    3 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

over priced  More

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Over 12 years ago

Moderate weather year round. If you can deal with five months of gray and drizzle its a good place to  More

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Over 12 years ago

Birch Bay/Blaine,just might be the best kept secret in America. Never gets to hot, or cold. Small town next to the Canadian  More

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Reviews for Colville    5 Reviews

I visited my niece last week and my impression of the town was this: Deer were poking through the bushes of their backyard and walking across the roads in town. I  More

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Over 15 years ago

The country is beautiful. You really have to like snow to live here. There is usually snow on the ground by the end of October, and can last into March or later. It is  More

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Unemployment is high in Colville (around 15%), as it is in the surrounding counties. Major employers are schools, state and federal govt, numerous sawmills, Walmart,  More

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