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Washington, DC vs Susanville, CA

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- Susanville spends 58.7% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 70.6% higher in Susanville than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Susanville had 22.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington
 Washington, DCSusanville, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,520$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,111$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor445  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock71.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 5 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 6 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 Susanville    11 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Ive been here my whole life. I can't imagine living anywhere else but crime is definitely going up. Blame it on add another prison i feel 1 was plenty. But its still  More

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Over 7 years ago

Decent place, lived here for a while. Homeless are everywhere, drug addicts under the bridges, don't go to the river or the trail due to harassment from homeless.  More

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Over 8 years ago

Susanville has most of the raptors that you see in the US. I see deer in the city streets daily. I've seen beaver, coyote, wolf, bear, martins, racoon, fox, skunk,  More

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