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Muscatine, IA vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 38.5% more per student than Muscatine.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.2% higher in Seattle than in Muscatine. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 8.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Muscatine
 Muscatine, IASeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,243  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor394  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Muscatine    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

We recently relocated here in October for my husbands work. This is a beautiful city located on the mississippi river. It boasts of state of the art playground equipment  More

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Over 15 years ago

This is the worst place that I have ever lived. There is nothing to do here except drugs. The schools are also terrible. I ended up sending my son to a private boarding  More

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Over 19 years ago

We live just outside of Muscatine,On a bluff looking over the Mississippi river. We have a great view of the river( never floods) and a house in our subdivision just  More

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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