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Castro Valley, CA vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 12.8% more per student than Castro Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.3% lower in Seattle than in Castro Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 5.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Castro Valley

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 Castro Valley, CASeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$14,996$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6118.5316.23
 Students per Librarian95559894573
 Students per Counselor603455530
 Grade School Educ.5.2%2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%2.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.0%95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%13.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%65.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.5%19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%5.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%3.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Castro Valley    7 Reviews

CURMUDGEON - THANK YOU for your post. The most important part of your comment is your second paragraph. "Hodge-Podge" is the correct word for a lot of Castro  More

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Over 10 years ago

Kind of rural but close to Oakland and San  More

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Castro Valley is the largest unincorporated "city" in the Bay Area. Over the years, several attempts have been made to incorporate, but they have all been defeated at  More

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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ZIPS IN CASTRO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
94546 94552
ZIPS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
98115, 98103, 98133, 98105, 98118, 98125, 98122, 98117, 98144, 98109, 28 total

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