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Port Orchard, WA vs Mount Vernon, IA

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- Mount Vernon spends 9.1% less per student than Port Orchard.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.5% lower in Mount Vernon than in Port Orchard. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mount Vernon had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Orchard
 Port Orchard, WAMount Vernon, IAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,072$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,783  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,206$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4424573
 Students per Counselor382  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.8%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 Mount Vernon    1 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

No culture or restaurants that have real food-not frozen, lower class people with no manners, angry and like to run you over with no thought in  More

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