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Vallejo, CA vs Mercer Island, WA

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- Mercer Island spends 43.7% more per student than Vallejo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.4% lower in Mercer Island than in Vallejo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mercer Island had 11.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Vallejo
 Vallejo, CAMercer Island, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,346  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9894573
 Students per Counselor867  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.5%1.5%
Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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Reviews for Mercer Island    4 Reviews

Mercer Island is a wonderful family community. It feels much more "small town" than a city even though it has a population of 20,000+. People say hello and watch out  More

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Mercer Island is a suburb of Seattle, located on an island in Lake Washington. The best thing about Mercer Island is its strategically central location relative to the  More

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Mercer Island is a suburb of Seattle, located on an island in Lake Washington. The best thing about Mercer Island is its strategically central location relative to the  More

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