2025 Compare Cities Education:
Glendale, AZ vs Washington, DC

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Highlights
- Washington spends 186.6% more per student than Glendale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.1% lower in Washington than in Glendale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Washington had 10.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Glendale
 Glendale, AZWashington, DCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$30,279$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,354$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7964573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.3%1.5%
Reviews for Glendale    21 Reviews

The downtown scenery is beautiful and filled with culture. Glendale has everything you need all around the neighborhoods and wonderful parks with elegant malls and  More

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Over 11 years ago

Summers are too  More

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Need Affordable, Safe Chidcare? Come see our Educational Daycare and Preschool conviently situated on the phoenix glendale border. We are a top rated preschool & super  More

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Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 5 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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