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Mercer Island, WA vs Fallbrook, CA

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Highlights
- Fallbrook spends 18.5% less per student than Mercer Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.2% higher in Fallbrook than in Mercer Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fallbrook had 15.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mercer Island
 Mercer Island, WAFallbrook, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Mercer Island    4 Reviews

Mercer Island is a wonderful family community. It feels much more "small town" than a city even though it has a population of 20,000+. People say hello and watch out  More

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Mercer Island is a suburb of Seattle, located on an island in Lake Washington. The best thing about Mercer Island is its strategically central location relative to the  More

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Mercer Island is a suburb of Seattle, located on an island in Lake Washington. The best thing about Mercer Island is its strategically central location relative to the  More

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Reviews for Fallbrook    14 Reviews

Moved from O'Side (lived there 25 years), too Fallbrook 2016. I had worked for U.P.S. And Delivered The Entire F.B., DeLuz, Rainbow and Bonsall area from 1990 thru  More

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Over 7 years ago

We moved here in 1995. It's a pretty place and has a small town feeling. There are many homes that have a nice view of hills. We are leaving this town for several  More

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Over 10 years ago

I do not understand why Fallbrook real estate is so overpriced - there are not a lot of high paying job opportunities like you find in other parts of San Diego County.   More

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