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Birmingham, AL vs Kennewick, WA

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Highlights
- Kennewick spends 41.8% more per student than Birmingham.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.2% higher in Kennewick than in Birmingham. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kennewick had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Birmingham
 Birmingham, ALKennewick, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,710$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,144  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,955$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11224573
 Students per Counselor417  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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Reviews for Kennewick    24 Reviews

Born here and lived most of my 48 years here. If people haven't gotten out and explored the versatility of this place to entertain a population at my levels and options  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived here for 30 years. Very good place to live. Three major rivers meet here. The Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers. So if you like fishing or boating it’s a  More

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