2024 Compare Cities Education:
Ferndale, WA vs Chelan, WA

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Highlights
- Chelan spends 8.8% less per student than Ferndale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.2% lower in Chelan than in Ferndale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chelan had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ferndale
 Ferndale, WAChelan, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,213$15,693$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,140$13,959$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,672$8,539$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.1116.5716.23
 Students per Librarian121219924573
 Students per Counselor373414530
 Grade School Educ.3.3%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%8.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.8%86.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.4%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.7%9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.9%22.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.4%9.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.4%0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Ferndale    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Ferndale is expensive. Its a great place, next to the ocean, safe, close to local Bellingham nightlife, lots of scenery and parks but it's just too unaffordable. I'm a  More

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Over 17 years ago

Our property taxes went up 45% this year. Guess we shouldn't have weeded the yard or mowed the lawn! Gas prices are 40 cents per gallon higher than the national  More

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Reviews for Chelan    1 Reviews

Summer climate wonderful with many fruit orchards and water sports and fishing 55 mile long lake...2 cents per kwh make utility costs very low. Have new Walmart super  More

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