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Puyallup, WA vs Vallejo, CA

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- Vallejo spends 23.9% less per student than Puyallup.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.1% higher in Vallejo than in Puyallup. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vallejo had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Puyallup
 Puyallup, WAVallejo, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,968$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,685$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62534573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Puyallup    10 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I moved here from FL a year and a half ago and I love Puyallup. The only other review was from someone who clearly wishes they were still in Colorado. It also seems they  More

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I just moved here from Colorado due to my job and it's definitely not what I had hoped for. It doesn't seem like a completely horrible place to live like Tacoma or other  More

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Over 11 years ago

Lived in the south Puget Sound area all my life and wouldn't live any where else. I've been to other states but this is it! Love being so close to the mountains, ocean  More

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Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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