2025 Compare Cities Education:
Coos Bay, OR vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Wasilla spends 3.0% less per student than Coos Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.6% higher in Wasilla than in Coos Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wasilla had 6.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Coos Bay
 Coos Bay, ORWasilla, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,309  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8124573
 Students per Counselor562  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Coos Bay    11 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Residents since 1990. Pros: The weather is exceptionally mild. We find it a very inexpensive, convenient, and laid back place to live. North Bend has an airport (OTH)  More

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My son is thinking about moving to coos bay, I have read some comments, doesn't sound so good. He has a family and he thinks he can get a good job. He lives in colorado.  More

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Over 11 years ago

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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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