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Olympia, WA vs Champaign, IL

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Highlights
- Champaign spends 19.6% more per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.4% lower in Champaign than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Champaign had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia

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 Olympia, WAChampaign, ILUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$20,461$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$15,342$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$9,155$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1813.4216.23
 Students per Librarian12466624573
 Students per Counselor439486530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%4.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%18.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%51.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.1%19.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%8.1%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Champaign    13 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pros - close to Chicago, has Parkland community college and lots of places to eat. There is a train station downtown that is really good. Beautiful deciduous trees and  More

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Over 7 years ago

I wonderful city with great  More

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Actually it's barely a nice place to live. The pros: Not terribly expensive - at one point the least expensive place to live in the country among modest sized  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS
61820 61821 61822

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