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Olympia, WA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 10.9% less per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.4% higher in Folsom than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia

Education
 Olympia, WAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1822.7516.23
 Students per Librarian124663214573
 Students per Counselor439641530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%51.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.1%16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%2.0%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 Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 11 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA
95630

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