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Olympia, WA vs Lenoir, NC

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Highlights
- Lenoir spends 35.0% less per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.4% lower in Lenoir than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lenoir had 12.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia

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 Olympia, WALenoir, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$11,122$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$9,768$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$6,349$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1814.3216.23
 Students per Librarian12466824573
 Students per Counselor439324530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%7.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%9.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%83.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%24.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%16.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.1%2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%0.3%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 Lenoir    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I wrote a positive review of Lenoir 4 years ago and my opinion of the town has nothing but improved since living here over time. They've added a new movie theater, new  More

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Over 10 years ago

I know the unemployment rate in Lenoir is not superb, but the lifestyle here is wonderful! I've lived outside Chicago, rural Oklahoma and New Hampshire, outside Ft.  More

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As a lifelong resident, one of the primary reasons I remained here was the abundance of employment. But in the late 90's we began a slow downturn, until many of the  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA
28645

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