2024 Compare Cities Education:
Lake Stevens, WA vs Goldendale, WA

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Highlights
- Goldendale spends 4.2% less per student than Lake Stevens.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.8% higher in Goldendale than in Lake Stevens. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Goldendale had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lake Stevens
 Lake Stevens, WAGoldendale, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,718$16,976$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,748$14,919$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,118$8,753$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.9120.216.23
 Students per Librarian1564249774573
 Students per Counselor420606530
 Grade School Educ.1.0%0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%3.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.5%96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.1%28.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.1%8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.6%21.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.7%1.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%3.3%1.5%
Reviews for Lake Stevens    7 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I lived all over the country and the world for 27 yrs and moved into Lake Stevens 12 yrs ago. Absolutely a great place to live! Our 3 girls have done well in the  More

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My family and I lived in Lake Stevens for 7 years (2000 to 2007). It is a nice bedroom community that has good schools (get involved parents), low crime, and an ok lake  More

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10 years ago Lake Stevens was a nice little quiet town. Small town politics created their own megajobs, money, power and infighting. 2007 had a mayoral coups d'etats  More

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Reviews for Goldendale    5 Reviews

GOLDENDALE is loved by a very select, elite, and religious group. I withhold using labels to describe the mentality of Goldendale, but can describe the hostile treatment  More

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Read the two reviews before I made this commentary. The reviews submitted so far are from locals who have survived some economic hard times in the area. Both of these  More

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I have lived here all of my 34 years and its has been a great place to live, raise a family, have what fun there is to have and just to relax. A beautiful place for the  More

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