2024 Compare Cities Education:
Spokane, WA vs Tuscaloosa, AL

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Highlights
- Tuscaloosa spends 32.9% less per student than Spokane.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.3% higher in Tuscaloosa than in Spokane. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tuscaloosa had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spokane
 Spokane, WATuscaloosa, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,661$11,846$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,157$9,927$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,051$5,597$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.5419.2416.23
 Students per Librarian18995284573
 Students per Counselor368396530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%7.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.1%90.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.9%18.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.2%6.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.4%37.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.6%11.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.2%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%4.0%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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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 Tuscaloosa    9 Reviews

This is the deal with Tuscaloosa. If you have strong family support that will keep you on track, you may be okay. Alabama has too many broken, uneducated, poor  More

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We've lived in Tuscaloosa for several years now. It's a diverse, friendly college town -- home of the University of Alabama and it's lovely campus -- that is relatively  More

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Tuscaloosa used to have some character. We had a decent live music scene, an up and coming artist community, affordable housing, and there were even several places for  More

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