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Austin, TX vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 13.5% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.9% higher in Olympia than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 5.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.531816.23
 Students per Librarian80512464573
 Students per Counselor391439530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%22.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%46.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%1.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

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Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Olympia    39 Reviews

We moved here from Kitsap Bremerton/Silverdale WA area and this beats it all the way in all material ways. The only reason not to give it 5 stars is the cost of  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city is horrible. The business have been chased out by homeless. The city government makes it for difficult for businesses to thrive. If you like what Seattle is  More

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Having lived all over the world we decided to retire in Olympia and live on the Puget Sound. Yes it rains but the weather can change dramatically in a day with sun and  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506

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