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Ellicott City, MD vs Kirkland, WA

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Highlights
- Kirkland spends 12.0% more per student than Ellicott City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.7% higher in Kirkland than in Ellicott City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kirkland had 0.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ellicott City
 Ellicott City, MDKirkland, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.68.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Ellicott City    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Ellicott City has many great  More

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Plenty of jobs in Washington, DC. and Baltimore areas. Low unemployment. Education and recreation is a top priority with most families here. Relatively high standard of  More

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Over 18 years ago

Ellicott City, MD is west of Baltimore City, north of Washington, DC, east of Frederick, MD. We are close to BWI, and DC airports. There are a couple of big malls for  More

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Reviews for Kirkland    14 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

12 years in Kirkland. It sure changed but love it. Great waterfront, restaurants, art galleries, public transportation, parks, and schools. And only 20 minutes from  More

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Beautiful water and mountain views, enticing wailing culture, bars, restaurants and upscale shopping. Lived here for 7 years now and lookig to move to someplace sunnier  More

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Over 14 years ago

We are not living in our home in Kirkland at the moment (retired now and moving about) and we miss it. Our home is in a lovely small cul de sac and backs on to a  More

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