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Vancouver, WA vs Searcy, AR

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Highlights
- Searcy spends 46.5% less per student than Vancouver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.9% lower in Searcy than in Vancouver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Searcy had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Vancouver
 Vancouver, WASearcy, ARUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,215$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,469$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4594573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 5 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 Searcy    4 Reviews

Searcy is a quiet town, and a great place to raise a family. The schools are good and there's a church that would fit your needs. We are proud it is still a dry county.  More

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Over 18 years ago

Good- Searcy is a nice town with small town appeal and larger city ammenities coupled with bigger city accessibility. Bad- The city is not planned well for the growth.   More

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Cleaner than most cities ,also reasonable housing,small town feel ,growing. We are in the foothills to the Ozarks--very nice place to live--accessibilty to the Ozarks  More

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