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Longview, WA vs Salinas, CA

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Highlights
- Salinas spends 23.3% less per student than Longview.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.1% higher in Salinas than in Longview. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salinas had 30.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Longview
 Longview, WASalinas, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,368  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock26.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock62.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%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 Salinas    15 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Sacred Heart School is a fine Catholic school in the heart of Salinas, Ca. Victoria Torcolini was principal of this PK-8 school from 2006-2009. Under her leadership, SHS  More

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Over 13 years ago

I Was born and raise in salinas. In 2006 my family moved to the central valley. I moved back to salinas in 2011. I moved back Because I got a better job in Carmel. I  More

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Salinas, California has some of the best weather in Central California. I love looking out at the mountain ranges that line the Salinas River Valley. It's a shame that  More

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