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Olympia, WA vs Sweet Home, OR

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Highlights
- Sweet Home spends 5.1% more per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.4% lower in Sweet Home than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sweet Home had 15.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia

Education
 Olympia, WASweet Home, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$17,973$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$9,519$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$5,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1817.3816.23
 Students per Librarian12466834573
 Students per Counselor439325530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%4.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%15.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%80.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%20.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%7.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.1%1.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%0.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%0.0%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 Sweet Home    4 Reviews

My son and his family are looking at a job transfer from Medford where fire smoke is getting nearly unbearable. I told him it’s bad in this area too, but what do the  More

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Over 6 years ago

This little town has potential but not enough financial support backing its law enforcement and park area's. Very depressed community and as an old logging town it  More

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Sweet Home is a beautiful town in the mountains with a river running through town. There are two reservoirs within a few minutes drive. Great fishing, boating and  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN SWEET HOME, OREGON
97386

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