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Shelton, WA vs Elko, NV

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Highlights
- Elko spends 23.7% less per student than Shelton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.3% lower in Elko than in Shelton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elko had 3.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shelton
 Shelton, WAElko, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,248$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,642  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,906$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9074573
 Students per Counselor430  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Shelton    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here 13 years. Air smells like chemicals and gasses not to mention how terrible the pollen is. People are either terribly rude, your friends, or follow you home at  More

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Over 6 years ago

Shelton is a town stuck in the mud. Thats the best way to describe it. People like it that way from what I can tell. It's stuck in time between an old town appearance   More

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Below are the crime statistics on Shelton Wa compared to the national average. Several thing you can count on in Shelton is increase crime, homeless living everywhere  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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