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Santee, CA vs Tacoma, WA

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Highlights
- Tacoma spends 12.3% more per student than Santee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.5% lower in Tacoma than in Santee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tacoma had 2.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santee
 Santee, CATacoma, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,363$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11394573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 13 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 17 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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Reviews for Tacoma    40 Reviews

I've lived in Tacoma for 3.5 years and love it! It's not a perfect city, nowhere is perfect and Tacoma does have its' share of problems, but overall have found T-Town  More

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Over 4 years ago

We LOVE tacoma. Grew up in Seattle, and tacoma is so much better! Easy access to the water, hiking, and Mt Rainier and the Olympics. We love the coffee shops and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Having lived over half my life here I can tell you real friends are few and far between. You will go through many and only have a handful who stick with you. Your  More

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