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Mercer Island, WA vs Thousand Oaks, CA

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- Thousand Oaks spends 29.0% less per student than Mercer Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.6% higher in Thousand Oaks than in Mercer Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thousand Oaks had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mercer Island
 Mercer Island, WAThousand Oaks, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock291284573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%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 Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More

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