2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ferndale, WA vs Columbia, MO

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 17.3% less per student than Ferndale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.2% lower in Columbia than in Ferndale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ferndale
 Ferndale, WAColumbia, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,140  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,199$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Ferndale    2 Reviews

Over 17 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 18 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 Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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