2025 Compare Cities Education:
Watertown, NY vs El Cajon, CA

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Highlights
- El Cajon spends 24.4% less per student than Watertown.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 80.5% higher in El Cajon than in Watertown. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- El Cajon had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Watertown
 Watertown, NYEl Cajon, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,280  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.55  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor277  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Watertown    2 Reviews

I don’t live there but visit on occasion. Very quiet town. Ran into a white out blizzard while driving there that a local tells me isn’t unusual. One minute I could  More

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Over 17 years ago

As a city primarily filled and flourished with military families, Watertown is a decent place to live. Because of the population influx from military families, the town  More

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Reviews for El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

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Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

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El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  More

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