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Seattle, WA vs Zapata, TX

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Highlights
- Zapata spends 42.2% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.5% lower in Zapata than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Zapata had 16.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle
 Seattle, WAZapata, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,593$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,673$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6504573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock16.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock0.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%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 Zapata    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

zapata is a really nice place to live at if your not into the whole big city thing but we are growing in total with the four other towns around Zapata the population  More

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