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Spokane, WA vs Longview, WA

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Highlights
- Longview spends 13.5% more per student than Spokane.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.2% higher in Longview than in Spokane. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Longview had 4.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spokane
 Spokane, WALongview, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,054$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,157  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,833$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.54  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20644573
 Students per Counselor368  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Longview    11 Reviews

Had to laugh at the reviews written by the liberal wackos from Portland. Longview is NOT Portland. If you want LGBTQ, defunded police, a weirdness factor of 15 on a  More

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I lived here since 2014. It started off bad, got worse with trumps crazy a**. If you manage all this, you might understand the "gold mine" Customer service is the  More

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Over 4 years ago

a town started as a white utopia, not much has changed! Racist, homophobic town! Mayor uses her religion in her job to discriminate against gays! Library budget cut  More

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