2025 Compare Cities Education:
Shoreline, WA vs Columbia, MO

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 29.1% less per student than Shoreline.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.0% lower in Columbia than in Shoreline. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 1.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Shoreline
 Shoreline, WAColumbia, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,199$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Shoreline    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

The rain and cloudy skies can really become depressing, yet the beautiful summers can be so uplifting. If you keep yourself busy during the rainy months, you can survive  More

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Over 19 years ago

Shoreline has some congregations that really take their connection to the community seriously. First Lutheran; St. Luke RC, Richmond Beach UCC, All top places to get  More

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Reviews for Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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