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Dowagiac, MI vs Longview, WA

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- Longview spends 68.9% more per student than Dowagiac.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% lower in Longview than in Dowagiac. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Longview had 9.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dowagiac
 Dowagiac, MILongview, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,103  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,833$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.57  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20644573
 Students per Counselor904  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.15.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Dowagiac    6 Reviews

If you have completed higher education and need a good paying job, keep looking for a place to live. You will not be happy there. Additionally, the data on Dowagiac  More

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Beware of this community. The mayor has held office for over 30 years and has no intentions of letting go of the title along with the city council. As a resident of SWMI  More

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Over 15 years ago

I'm originally from Dowagiac but left in the late 70's. Been back a time or two and finally 5 yrs. ago moved back. I love Dowagiac. You have 4 distinct seasons,  More

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Reviews for Longview    11 Reviews

Had to laugh at the reviews written by the liberal wackos from Portland. Longview is NOT Portland. If you want LGBTQ, defunded police, a weirdness factor of 15 on a  More

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I lived here since 2014. It started off bad, got worse with trumps crazy a**. If you manage all this, you might understand the "gold mine" Customer service is the  More

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Over 4 years ago

a town started as a white utopia, not much has changed! Racist, homophobic town! Mayor uses her religion in her job to discriminate against gays! Library budget cut  More

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