2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbia, TN vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Wasilla spends 55.4% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.1% higher in Wasilla than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wasilla had 5.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, TNWasilla, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,088  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8124573
 Students per Counselor425  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    7 Reviews

I was disturbed when I say old comments on this page. I recently moved to Columbia, TN. I saw associations with crime and other things that do not reflect what is by far  More

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Over 16 years ago

The jobs in Columbia, Tennessee are scarce in comparison to cities. It has been that way since the '90's. In the 90's General Electric and other major companies left the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Small old fashioned city. Not very progressive. great weather adequate schools no job growth. reasonable housing costs close to Nashville very few  More

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Reviews for Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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