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Washington, DC vs Dallas, TX

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Highlights
- Dallas spends 56.5% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.8% higher in Dallas than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dallas had 13.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington

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 Washington, DCDallas, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student$30,279$13,172$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069$10,291$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,354$5,920$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.6515.0116.23
 Students per Librarian7969714573
 Students per Counselor445361530
 Grade School Educ.3.2%11.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%9.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.2%79.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%17.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.0%4.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%35.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.21.9%9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%3.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.3%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 4 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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Reviews for Dallas    228 Reviews

I seldom review anything but I was inspired by reading the other Dallas reviews to add my two cents. I’ve been here since 2015 and we hope to leave when we can get jobs  More

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I have lived in Dallas, as well as areas around the Dallas Metroplex, for over 20 years. With that said, what I have seen in that time, has not been overly pleasing; and  More

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There is only one thing I found to be relatively good in this city: upscale restaurants. The food is tasty but only in upscale restaurants, I am vegan, and still found  More

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ZIPS IN WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
20011, 20002, 20019, 20020, 20009, 20001, 20032, 20016, 20010, 20003, 45 total
ZIPS IN DALLAS, TEXAS
75217, 75211, 75228, 75243, 75227, 75287, 75216, 75220, 75231, 75206, 47 total

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