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Mercer Island, WA vs Nucla, CO

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Highlights
- Nucla spends 40.1% less per student than Mercer Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% lower in Nucla than in Mercer Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Nucla had 8.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mercer Island
 Mercer Island, WANucla, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,020$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,976$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5624573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Nucla    2 Reviews

Worst place I've ever lived. Grocery stores are awful, with horrible food that costs way to much, and they turn freezers off to "save money". Power company is crooked,  More

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Over 17 years ago

This town is by far a good place to live , there are mostly uneducated people that want to stay back in the 50s and complain that they are picked on . They do not want  More

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