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Washington, DC vs Wailuku, HI

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- Wailuku spends 41.4% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.6% higher in Wailuku than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wailuku had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington
 Washington, DCWailuku, HIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,751$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,806$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12324573
 Students per Counselor445  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.9%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.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Wailuku    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

You can't beat the weather here. If you like the 4 seasons the islands wouldn't be the place for you.   More

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Over 17 years ago

the tourist economy has fallen apart, major layoffs state wide. All major airlines getting close to pulling out of west coast market. Aloha and ATA both went out of  More

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Over 19 years ago

Wailuku is a beautiful place to live. The climate is wetter than the south side of Maui because we are next to the west Maui mountains. It will drizzle a little each  More

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