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Santa Rosa, CA vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 19.1% more per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.0% lower in Seattle than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 11.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa

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 Santa Rosa, CASeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,850$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921$14,996$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,508$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.8218.5316.23
 Students per Librarian142409894573
 Students per Counselor399455530
 Grade School Educ.8.1%2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%2.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.5%95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%13.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%65.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%5.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%3.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
95403 95407 95404 95401 95409 95405
ZIPS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
98115, 98103, 98133, 98105, 98118, 98125, 98122, 98117, 98144, 98109, 28 total

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