2025 Compare Cities Education:
Wasilla, AK vs Ferndale, WA

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Highlights
- Ferndale spends 13.0% more per student than Wasilla.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.0% lower in Ferndale than in Wasilla. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ferndale had 0.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Wasilla
 Wasilla, AKFerndale, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,213$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,494  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12124573
 Students per Counselor448  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
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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Reviews for Ferndale    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Ferndale is expensive. Its a great place, next to the ocean, safe, close to local Bellingham nightlife, lots of scenery and parks but it's just too unaffordable. I'm a  More

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Over 18 years ago

Our property taxes went up 45% this year. Guess we shouldn't have weeded the yard or mowed the lawn! Gas prices are 40 cents per gallon higher than the national  More

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