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Port Orchard, WA vs Longview, WA

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Highlights
- Longview spends 13.5% more per student than Port Orchard.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Longview than in Port Orchard. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Longview had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Orchard
 Port Orchard, WALongview, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,783  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,833$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20644573
 Students per Counselor382  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Port Orchard    8 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

A bit boring but still a cool antique  More

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Over 6 years ago

We moved here from Phx, AZ. Big change. Hate being hot. I'm not hot, anymore. I haute snakes and scorpions. Don't have any poisonous snakes here, and no scorpions in  More

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Over 12 years ago

High crime rate. High house prices. High cost of  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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