2025 Compare Cities Education:
Redding, CA vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Wasilla spends 1.9% more per student than Redding.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.2% lower in Wasilla than in Redding. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wasilla had 3.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Redding
 Redding, CAWasilla, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,964  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8124573
 Students per Counselor494  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.25.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Redding    61 Reviews

What an amazing place to live. No place is perfect but the people here are friendly with several parks nearby and many miles of trails from Road Biking to MBT. Check out  More

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Take a hike if you don't like different points of view, religious or generally conservative people. No one will miss you. California has been going in the wrong  More

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Over 4 years ago

I retired to Redding 6 years ago and I can truthfully say that I made a huge mistake. If you are looking to move to an area that has; thriving arts scene, gourmet  More

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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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