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Olympia, WA vs Panama City Beach, FL

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Highlights
- Panama City Beach spends 21.5% less per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% higher in Panama City Beach than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Panama City Beach had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia

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 Olympia, WAPanama City Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$13,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$10,427$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$6,200$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1818.316.23
 Students per Librarian12467694573
 Students per Counselor439409530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%90.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%24.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%31.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.1%7.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%1.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%1.3%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 Panama City Beach    12 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here since 2001 and have seen many changes, mainly for the good. Although in the last couple years, and even more so after Hurricane Michael the cost of  More

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Over 5 years ago

I loved this area until I heard the property owners/corporations increased peoples rents between 30% to 90% that were still recovering from last years  More

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Over 11 years ago

Pannama city lived in the neighboring area 6 years loved it . I think you expect to much from such a small town as for the papermill you either put up with the smell or  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA
32413 32407

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