2025 Compare Cities Education:
Washington, DC vs Tracy, CA

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Highlights
- Tracy spends 52.6% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 96.4% higher in Tracy than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tracy had 8.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington
 Washington, DCTracy, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,344$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,464$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock234364573
 Students per Counselor445  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Tracy    18 Reviews

Native born and raised in Tracy. I've seen it go from a small community of 12,000 to almost 100,000 in 50 years. The growth has not been for the better IMO. It has  More

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I was raised in Tracy and over the last 60+ years, it has gone from a small town of about 9,000 to almost 100,000. The changes have not all been good. It was a good  More

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I have been living here for 4 years and I can’t wait to move out of here. Tracy is a place very very very dusty.. it can be just one week and you have to wipe out  More

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