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Seattle, WA vs Berkeley, CA

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Highlights
- Berkeley spends 11.4% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.6% higher in Berkeley than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Berkeley had 0.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle

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 Seattle, WABerkeley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$13,323$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5321.6116.23
 Students per Librarian98995554573
 Students per Counselor455603530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%11.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%73.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.4%23.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%7.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%9.8%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 11 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 13 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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ZIPS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
98115, 98103, 98133, 98105, 98118, 98125, 98122, 98117, 98144, 98109, 28 total
ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720

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