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Washington, DC vs Williamsport, PA

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Highlights
- Williamsport spends 43.1% less per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.4% higher in Williamsport than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Williamsport had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington
 Washington, DCWilliamsport, PAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,232$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,069  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,985$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4324573
 Students per Counselor445  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.1%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 Williamsport    10 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Mayor Jessie Bloom let the philly crackheads come here for rehabilitation and they did not leave. They brought their criminal ways to the port. This was once a nice town  More

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Over 9 years ago

I have lived in Williamsport my whole life, I am 32 years old, and have been married for 12 years,my wife and I just bought a house in a "bad" neighborhood, and the  More

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Over 12 years ago

the cost of living here in pa has sky rocket here in the last 4 years rents used a 3 bedroom house use to cost 500.00 a month with nothing furnish now it cost 1200  More

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