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Seattle, WA vs Dover, DE

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Highlights
- Dover spends 17.4% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.4% lower in Dover than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dover had 7.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle
 Seattle, WADover, DEUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,576$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,755$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12064573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
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 3 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 Dover    9 Reviews

Key points are "an excellent quality of life and a low crime rate" as well as low taxes. Delaware attracts the highest percentage of retirees, plus people of all other  More

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Dover, DE is a great placed to live. I work at OCEAN, which is a non profit organization that sponsors high school exchange students. We had foreign students reside in  More

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Over 7 years ago

Dover, like any town other than Newark, is very unsophisticated, boring, unfriendly, and uneducated. I've resided in many states and Delaware will be the state that I  More

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