2026 Compare Cities Education:
Pacific Grove, CA vs Issaquah, WA

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Highlights
- Issaquah spends 30.5% more per student than Pacific Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.7% lower in Issaquah than in Pacific Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Issaquah had 2.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pacific Grove
 Pacific Grove, CAIssaquah, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,156  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.1%1.5%
Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 20 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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Reviews for Issaquah    11 Reviews

Great place if you enjoy living in a city of cloned homes, cars, and humans with no souls. You know the ones. Why show off your new Mercedes, Land Rover or Porsche when  More

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I lived in Issaquah for close to 30 years. I have seen a lot of changes in the city - some good and some not so good. I was very sad to leave and even sorrier to have  More

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Over 7 years ago

Issaquah WAS a 5-star place to live, play, work, own a home, and raise a family. That was up until the late '70s and early 80s. Issaquah was a country utopia for over a  More

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