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Longview, WA vs Traverse City, MI

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Highlights
- Traverse City spends 37.4% less per student than Longview.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.4% lower in Traverse City than in Longview. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Traverse City had 8.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Longview
 Longview, WATraverse City, MIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,554$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,368  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,361$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock31564573
 Students per Counselor334  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%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 Traverse City    28 Reviews

Beautiful, clean, surrounded by some of the most beautiful and unpolluted nature in the nation, interesting residents from all over the world, an open-minded liberal  More

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Teri · 

Sorry I moved here homes overpriced, local people are rude. Too many rambo type personalities, pickup trucks and illiteracy Fun for about a week. Restaurants are  More

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Left in '78. Should have left sooner. If you are a snob and think you're better than any one else then maybe you can get a job teaching here. Hated it as a kid and come  More

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