2024 Compare Cities Education:
Washington, UT vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 94.7% more per student than Washington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.6% lower in Salem than in Washington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Washington
 Washington, UTSalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$8,768$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,141$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,745$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.8118.4416.23
 Students per Librarian20376454573
 Students per Counselor456353530
 Grade School Educ.2.4%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.8%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.13.0%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.7%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.8%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Washington    12 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Having lived in Louisville, KY, Nashville, TN, Seattle, WA, and Scottsdale, AZ, I can say hands down Washington, UT is my favorite. The growth in Southern Utah is  More

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Over 11 years ago

Washington is  More

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Over 11 years ago

about a hour and a half away from las vagas and same  More

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Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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