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Palm Desert, CA vs Mill Creek, WA

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Highlights
- Mill Creek spends 15.8% more per student than Palm Desert.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.0% lower in Mill Creek than in Palm Desert. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mill Creek had 4.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Palm Desert
 Palm Desert, CAMill Creek, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,718$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,118$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock15644573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%1.5%
Reviews for Palm Desert    14 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Palm Desert, CA is full of rude people. One woman in a long sleeved pink shirt is being extremely rude and mocking people for no reason at a neighborhood Walmart in Palm  More

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Palm Desert is clean, upscale and beautiful. The views of the Santa Rosa Mountains bright blue sky and green expanses of golf course fairways, swimming pools and  More

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I made the mistake of moving here after a short vacation to be closer to family. Biggest mistake of my life! This is not the place to live if health is important to you.  More

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Reviews for Mill Creek    3 Reviews

The State of Washington finds many, many ways to tax their residents, more so than anywhere else I have lived. I moved here from the Bay Area, and wish I had stayed in  More

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Over 17 years ago

We love it here been out of the south (baton rouge,la) for almost 3 years, but will not be able to stay because the standard of living is over the  More

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Over 19 years ago

When I lived there a few years ago, most houses were around 500K and up. IF that's your price range, the schools are good and the area is very pretty. Lots of  More

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