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Washington, DC vs Paducah, KY

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Highlights
- Paducah spends 53.8% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 34.8% higher in Paducah than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Paducah had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington
 Washington, DCPaducah, KYUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,985$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,308$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6214573
 Students per Counselor445  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 4 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 5 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 Paducah    16 Reviews

Joel · 

I have visited it the 1st time and thought it was a rundown ghetto but the 2nd time I loved  More

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Over 5 years ago

The downtown area is fun and the murals on the floodwall provide an interesting history of the  More

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Over 11 years ago

Move here six years ago, and was very optimistic. I love meeting new people and adventure. Me my husband and two kids moved here from Louisville are. This place is like  More

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