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Erie, CO vs Lake Stevens, WA

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Highlights
- Lake Stevens spends 37.6% more per student than Erie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.4% higher in Lake Stevens than in Erie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lake Stevens had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Erie
 Erie, COLake Stevens, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,718$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,749  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,118$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock15644573
 Students per Counselor258  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Erie    2 Reviews

Almost impossible to open a brick and mortar business here unless you're a lawyer, financial consultant, a restaurant or a dentist. Start jumping through hoops. Get  More

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Over 17 years ago

Erie has an aggressive expansion plan in place. The initial phase of this plan was to build a well-appointed library and community center, which were completed and  More

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Reviews for Lake Stevens    7 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I lived all over the country and the world for 27 yrs and moved into Lake Stevens 12 yrs ago. Absolutely a great place to live! Our 3 girls have done well in the  More

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My family and I lived in Lake Stevens for 7 years (2000 to 2007). It is a nice bedroom community that has good schools (get involved parents), low crime, and an ok lake  More

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10 years ago Lake Stevens was a nice little quiet town. Small town politics created their own megajobs, money, power and infighting. 2007 had a mayoral coups d'etats  More

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