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West Bend, WI vs Waukesha, WI

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Highlights
- Waukesha spends 7.1% more per student than West Bend.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% lower in Waukesha than in West Bend. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Waukesha had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to West Bend

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 West Bend, WIWaukesha, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,814$14,793$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,780$12,133$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,098$7,325$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.6415.5116.23
 Students per Librarian7637264573
 Students per Counselor406501530
 Grade School Educ.0.9%2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%4.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.8%93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.7%20.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.12.7%10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.0%41.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.2%9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.0%1.5%

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Reviews for West Bend    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

terrible place, so inconvenient, terrible two taxi services. West bend just caters to the rich. If you don't have a car,you won't be able to survive there. City workers  More

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West Bend is a great small town that is growing fairly rapidly. If you are looking for a wonderful place to raise a family this is it! West Bend is pretty, has nice  More

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Over 18 years ago

I've lived in west bend for the past 8 years and i must say, it's a joke. It's nice if your retired and looking for cheap living, other then that i would not raise a  More

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Reviews for Waukesha    7 Reviews

I lived in waukesha for 37 years. It's home, it's where I grew up but it's a bit of a dump. They're trying hard to make it nice but its just not that great of a place to  More

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Over 11 years ago

I lived in Waukesha in 2006 while on a contract position for a precast design company. I found Waukesha to be a very enjoyable place to live. It is a very place to live  More

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Over 15 years ago

Waukesha is a small city, 65K population, with the amenities of a larger town. Its access to library, daily shopping, mainline restaurant fare and outside activity is  More

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ZIPS IN WEST BEND, WISCONSIN
53095
ZIPS IN WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
53188 53186 53189

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