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Grand Junction, CO vs Longview, WA

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Highlights
- Longview spends 32.5% more per student than Grand Junction.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.7% higher in Longview than in Grand Junction. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Longview had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grand Junction
 Grand Junction, COLongview, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,210  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,833$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.31  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20644573
 Students per Counselor250  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Grand Junction    54 Reviews

Grand Junction is another one of those fast growing places due to its cheaper than average cost of living. However with each passing year, that once $600 a month one  More

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I’ve lived in Grand Junction for 18 years, but have been coming here (girlfriend, wife, family) since 1992. I think the biggest change or challenge for long time locals,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Grand Junction for 14 months and it is a nice area, but very expensive to live. There is an ongoing housing crisis due to poor city planning and it has  More

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Reviews for Longview    11 Reviews

Had to laugh at the reviews written by the liberal wackos from Portland. Longview is NOT Portland. If you want LGBTQ, defunded police, a weirdness factor of 15 on a  More

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I lived here since 2014. It started off bad, got worse with trumps crazy a**. If you manage all this, you might understand the "gold mine" Customer service is the  More

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Over 4 years ago

a town started as a white utopia, not much has changed! Racist, homophobic town! Mayor uses her religion in her job to discriminate against gays! Library budget cut  More

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