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Pittsburgh, PA vs Longview, WA

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Highlights
- Longview spends 13.9% less per student than Pittsburgh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 41.0% higher in Longview than in Pittsburgh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Longview had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pittsburgh
 Pittsburgh, PALongview, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,801  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,833$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20644573
 Students per Counselor327  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Pittsburgh    189 Reviews

I left Pittsburgh for Cleveland and boy do I appreciate Pittsburgh now. Parts of Pittsburgh are blue collar but sections like East Liberty, Shadyside, Squirrel Hill and  More

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Over 2 years ago

I will give Pittsburgh 5 Stars for the ability to raise a family but it certainly has deficits that I'll cover at the end. I grew up in a small river town 45 minutes  More

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As a custom home builder in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I have had the opportunity to work in a number of different cities and towns across the state. In my experience,  More

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Reviews for Longview    11 Reviews

Had to laugh at the reviews written by the liberal wackos from Portland. Longview is NOT Portland. If you want LGBTQ, defunded police, a weirdness factor of 15 on a  More

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I lived here since 2014. It started off bad, got worse with trumps crazy a**. If you manage all this, you might understand the "gold mine" Customer service is the  More

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Over 4 years ago

a town started as a white utopia, not much has changed! Racist, homophobic town! Mayor uses her religion in her job to discriminate against gays! Library budget cut  More

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