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Troy, MI vs Seattle, WA

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Highlights
- Seattle spends 32.1% more per student than Troy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% higher in Seattle than in Troy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Seattle had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Troy
 Troy, MISeattle, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock19.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.9%1.5%
Reviews for Troy    9 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

, corruption is like  More

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Over 6 years ago

no one ever visited Troy, that writes this stuff,, Troy has a Black out, of any city corruption, most of the elected city are from the same zip code. and the heavy  More

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Over 8 years ago

This is the safest place to live in Michigan. The schools are ranked in the top of both the state and in the US. When our kids graduated 98% of the graduates went on  More

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 3 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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