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Yakima, WA vs Bethesda, MD

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Highlights
- Bethesda spends 20.7% more per student than Yakima.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.0% lower in Bethesda than in Yakima. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Bethesda had 29.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Yakima

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 Yakima, WABethesda, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,346$19,736$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,566$16,697$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,790$10,703$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.6613.6316.23
 Students per Librarian16484904573
 Students per Counselor432292530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.2%0.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.75.5%98.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%5.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.8%1.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.0%87.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.2%28.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%17.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%13.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Yakima    12 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Overall we've enjoyed our stay in Yakima after several years and plan on being here for several more, at least. The spring and summer here are just unreal compared to  More

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Over 8 years ago

I may be relocating to Yakima, WA for a professional position at a local university. I have never lived in this part of the country as I am from the East Coast. I have  More

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Yakima is situated in the high desert, eastern elevations of the Cascade Mountain Range. Coming from the humid, eastern parts of the country, I was amazed at how  More

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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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ZIPS IN YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
98902 98908 98901
ZIPS IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND
20817 20814 20816

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