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Kennewick, WA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 8.7% less per student than Kennewick.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.5% lower in Salem than in Kennewick. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kennewick

Education
 Kennewick, WASalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,710$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,056$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,955$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.9318.4416.23
 Students per Librarian11226454573
 Students per Counselor411353530
 Grade School Educ.6.2%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.0%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.8%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.9%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.1%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.5%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Kennewick    24 Reviews

Born here and lived most of my 48 years here. If people haven't gotten out and explored the versatility of this place to entertain a population at my levels and options  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived here for 30 years. Very good place to live. Three major rivers meet here. The Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers. So if you like fishing or boating it’s a  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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ZIPS IN KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON
99336 99337 99338
ZIPS IN SALEM, OREGON
97301 97302 97304 97306

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