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Seattle, WA vs Jacksonville, FL

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Highlights
- Jacksonville spends 51.0% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in Jacksonville than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Jacksonville had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle

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 Seattle, WAJacksonville, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$9,841$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$9,258$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$5,630$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5318.116.23
 Students per Librarian98922234573
 Students per Counselor455506530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%6.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%90.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%21.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%30.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.4%7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%1.0%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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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 Jacksonville    174 Reviews

I moved from a small town in Ohio around four years ago, I was 24 years old. Now, at 28, my outlook about living here has changed. I have came to the conclusion, that,  More

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I’ve lived in Jacksonville for 12+ years(but visited on and off much longer). There’s things I love and things I hate and just like any place there are pros and cons.  More

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We have been investigating Jax for a while. It looks like the Southside, Baymeadows and the further East you get is great. Any thoughts on moving to those areas, pretty  More

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ZIPS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
98115, 98103, 98133, 98105, 98118, 98125, 98122, 98117, 98144, 98109, 28 total
ZIPS IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
32210, 32244, 32218, 32225, 32246, 32256, 32224, 32216, 32257, 32209, 31 total

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