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Longview, WA vs Mount Vernon, WA

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Highlights
- Mount Vernon spends 9.9% less per student than Longview.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% lower in Mount Vernon than in Longview. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mount Vernon had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Longview
 Longview, WAMount Vernon, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,071$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,368  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,303$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock17094573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Mount Vernon    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I'm sure it has its flaws, but what stands with me is that everyone whom i meet here is *so polite!* .. People smile and wave you through in traffic. They speak to you  More

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Over 10 years ago

Very little available on starter home price  More

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Over 11 years ago

It rains here a lot. We joke that when the forecast says a 50% chance of rain that it will rain 50% of the day. However, when the sun shines it is beautiful. It is  More

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