2025 Compare Cities Education:
Longview, WA vs Fairbanks, AK

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Highlights
- Fairbanks spends 11.7% less per student than Longview.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.8% higher in Fairbanks than in Longview. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fairbanks had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Longview
 Longview, WAFairbanks, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,717$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,368  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,407$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9254573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
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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Reviews for Fairbanks    20 Reviews

I have lived in the Fairbanks area for about 25 years and have become very comfortable with the community and the lifestyle here. That said, retirement is fast  More

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Over 14 years ago

Comments about Fairbanks, both positive and negative, are of interest to me. Was in Fairbanks this past March [and north on Cleary Summit] and fell in love with the  More

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Over 15 years ago

I came to Alaska 15 years ago on an adventure and first lived in Juneau, which I LOVED and then moved to Eagle River, which I loved and now live in Fairbanks! I do not  More

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