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Kirkland, WA vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica spends 13.2% less per student than Kirkland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.0% higher in Santa Monica than in Kirkland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Monica had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Kirkland

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 Kirkland, WASanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5321.8616.23
 Students per Librarian98965654573
 Students per Counselor455380530
 Grade School Educ.1.5%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%2.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.7%94.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.2%12.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.1%67.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.4%17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%7.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.8%4.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Kirkland    14 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

12 years in Kirkland. It sure changed but love it. Great waterfront, restaurants, art galleries, public transportation, parks, and schools. And only 20 minutes from  More

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Beautiful water and mountain views, enticing wailing culture, bars, restaurants and upscale shopping. Lived here for 7 years now and lookig to move to someplace sunnier  More

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Over 13 years ago

We are not living in our home in Kirkland at the moment (retired now and moving about) and we miss it. Our home is in a lovely small cul de sac and backs on to a  More

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Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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ZIPS IN KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON
98034 98033
ZIPS IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
90405 90403 90404 90402 90401

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