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Commerce City, CO vs Mount Vernon, WA

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Highlights
- Mount Vernon spends 21.8% more per student than Commerce City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% lower in Mount Vernon than in Commerce City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mount Vernon had 5.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Commerce City
 Commerce City, COMount Vernon, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,071$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,303$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock17094573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Commerce City    3 Reviews

I've lived here for 12 years. Back then the houses were priced right, you could get a nice smaller house for under 100k. Right now the prices are outrageous, like  More

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I recently moved to Commerce City, specifically the Reunion/Buffalo Mesa area. I love it here - it's a great family community with a wide variety of ethnicities. There  More

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Shacks, Blue collar trash, and crime. Add in traffic, oil refineries, and the smell of fresh pretrol with a truck stop and there you have Commerce City. The name speaks  More

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Reviews for Mount Vernon    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I'm sure it has its flaws, but what stands with me is that everyone whom i meet here is *so polite!* .. People smile and wave you through in traffic. They speak to you  More

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Over 10 years ago

Very little available on starter home price  More

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Over 11 years ago

It rains here a lot. We joke that when the forecast says a 50% chance of rain that it will rain 50% of the day. However, when the sun shines it is beautiful. It is  More

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