2025 Compare Cities Education:
Laramie, WY vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Wasilla spends 8.6% less per student than Laramie.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 68.9% higher in Wasilla than in Laramie. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wasilla had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Laramie
 Laramie, WYWasilla, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,551  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.51  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8124573
 Students per Counselor219  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Laramie    20 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Out of all the places we have lived, Laramie is our favorite place we have lived. The locals are nice. Neighbors know each other. Neighbors help each other out. If you  More

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I have lived in Laramie for 35 years. It's true If you want malls and shopping this is not the place for you. There is not much high fashion here. Laramie is for people  More

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I no longer fear hell as I have now lived in Laramie for 2 years. Where to begin? The first thing I will mention is the ridiculous housing prices for what you are  More

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Reviews for Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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