2024 Compare Cities Education:
Los Altos, CA vs Vancouver, WA

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Highlights
- Vancouver spends 3.8% more per student than Los Altos.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.0% lower in Vancouver than in Los Altos. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vancouver had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Los Altos
 Los Altos, CAVancouver, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,401$19,098$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,804$8,102$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.5918.1316.23
 Students per Librarian652810424573
 Students per Counselor646373530
 Grade School Educ.0.5%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.5%6.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.99.0%91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.0%25.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.2.9%10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.85.9%30.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.35.8%7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.8%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.2%1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Los Altos    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Expensive but worth  More

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Over 16 years ago

the quality of life here is very high however the cost of living is also high. extremely high as a matter of fact. I'd like to look at other communities that are less  More

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Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  More

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