2026 Compare Cities Education:
Birch Bay, WA vs Elko, NV

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- Elko spends 23.0% less per student than Birch Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% higher in Elko than in Birch Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elko had 9.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Birch Bay
 Birch Bay, WAElko, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,140  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,906$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9074573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Birch Bay    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

over priced  More

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Over 13 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 13 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 Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 17 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 18 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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