2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pacifica, CA vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 0.1% less per student than Pacifica.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.4% lower in Seattle than in Pacifica. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pacifica
 Pacifica, CASeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Pacifica    9 Reviews

Back when I lived there...great for people, hiking, only had two times where there was a crime I was aware of my 1955 Chevy Bel-Air was stolen as well as my bike from  More

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Has the rep of being socked in with fog 24-7 but thats totally false. a charming blue collar surf town a mere 30 min from downtown SF with lower prices - hard to  More

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Over 13 years ago

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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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