2025 Compare Cities Education:
Park City, UT vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Wasilla spends 1.0% more per student than Park City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.9% higher in Wasilla than in Park City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wasilla had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Park City
 Park City, UTWasilla, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,556  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8124573
 Students per Counselor340  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Park City    12 Reviews

I lived in Park City for 6 years. Vail purchase of resort(s) and capacity reached in school system have caused a real estate bubble, in my opinion, with 500-1,000 per  More

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we have lived there off and on for 27 years and love it in the winter and summer, the muddy months starting in april are not so good but we head back to calif. at that  More

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Over 9 years ago

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Reviews for Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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