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2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chelan, WA vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe spends 25.5% less per student than Chelan.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.3% higher in South Lake Tahoe than in Chelan. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 0.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chelan
 Chelan, WASouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,959  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.57  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor414  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
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Reviews for Chelan    1 Reviews
Lloyd · Chelan, WA
Chelan good retirement town
Over 17 years ago

Summer climate wonderful with many fruit orchards and water sports and fishing 55 mile long lake...2 cents per kwh make utility costs very low. Have new Walmart super  More

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Anon · Sacramento, CA
Meh. Pretty boring
Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Jack · Chicago, IL
Overpriced overhyped overrated dump
Over 5 years ago

Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Peter · South Lake Tahoe, CA
Beautiful place
Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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