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Washington, DC vs Visalia, CA

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- Visalia spends 51.6% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 89.1% higher in Visalia than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Visalia had 6.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington

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 Washington, DCVisalia, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$30,279$14,667$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069$12,754$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$11,354$7,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.6522.0316.23
 Students per Librarian796944534573
 Students per Counselor445640530
 Grade School Educ.3.2%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%6.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.2%86.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%26.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.0%11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%23.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.21.9%6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.3%0.3%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 Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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ZIPS IN WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
20011, 20002, 20019, 20020, 20009, 20001, 20032, 20016, 20010, 20003, 45 total
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93291 93277 93292

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