2025 Compare Cities Education:
Oil City, PA vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 13.8% more per student than Oil City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.2% higher in Seattle than in Oil City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 4.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oil City
 Oil City, PASeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,124  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor374  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Oil City    6 Reviews

This city is disgusting Watch Netflix cold case files- first episode first season. An 11 year old girl raped by 3 town residents who everyone knew - two brothers went  More

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There are no jobs here, the school system is terrible, the town is only getting deader, and even if you came to retire, the winters are long and harsh, the hospitals are  More

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Over 9 years ago

Oil City is full of wonderful history. Unfortunately that hay day is long gone. Still, it is a nice little town. Like anyplace where people live you have some crime but  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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