2025 Compare Cities Education:
Washington, DC vs Wasilla, AK

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Highlights
- Wasilla spends 49.7% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 66.9% higher in Wasilla than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wasilla had 2.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington
 Washington, DCWasilla, AKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,230$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,979$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8124573
 Students per Counselor445  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Wasilla    7 Reviews

I've lived in Wasilla for two years so far and I love it. I have no problems with the valley. I live about 10 minutes south of the center of town in Wasilla and bought  More

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Previously lived for many years in Eagle River, Alaska. Moved to Wasilla almost 6 years ago now. The Wasilla cityscape is littered with aging strip malls and  More

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The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double  More

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