2025 Compare Cities Education:
Vancouver, WA vs San Francisco, CA

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Highlights
- San Francisco spends 10.0% more per student than Vancouver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.5% higher in San Francisco than in Vancouver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Francisco had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Vancouver
 Vancouver, WASan Francisco, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,016$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,028$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12964573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  More

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Reviews for San Francisco    149 Reviews

from a single guy's perspective. let's start this review from 2017. I moved here to be near to my sister who also relocated, and also to attend Cal State East Bay in  More

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I've lived in San Francisco for ten years. I thought I would write a balanced review for people looking to move here. My family is from places like Boise, Atlanta,  More

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I've lived in San Francisco for ten years. I thought I would write a balanced review for people looking to move here. My family is from places like Boise, Atlanta,  More

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