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Spokane, WA vs Alameda, CA

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Highlights
- Alameda spends 0.7% more per student than Spokane.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.7% higher in Alameda than in Spokane. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alameda had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spokane
 Spokane, WAAlameda, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,157  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.54  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor368  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
Reviews for Spokane    146 Reviews

Lived here all of my life. I've visited enough cities to understand that Spokane could be so much better, but it falls short in many ways. Its car-oriented development  More

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Over 3 years ago

I lived in the Spokane area for 35 years. It has its positives and negatives. Be sure and pick a safe community to live in. Rural areas are rather scary. Too many  More

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I've lived in Spokane for over 5 years after moving here from the Vancouver area for a job. I miss Western Washington. Home buying: When I first moved here, you could  More

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Reviews for Alameda    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Having been born here & 70 now I have watched firsthand, a small, quiet town ruined by excessive building, overcrowding and far too many restaurants for a city this  More

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Enjoy the immense benefit to having a close-knit community with main-street USA feel less than 10 miles from the resources of several urban and education  More

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Alameda, CA is a unique town here in the Bay Area. Perhaps because it is an island, or perhaps because for many decades it was a U.S. Army base, the city has never  More

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