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Bainbridge Island, WA vs Yelm, WA

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- Yelm spends 3.2% less per student than Bainbridge Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.0% higher in Yelm than in Bainbridge Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yelm had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bainbridge Island
 Bainbridge Island, WAYelm, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,783  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor382  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Bainbridge Island    2 Reviews

Summers here are gorgeous; 80 and sunny, cool overnight. Winter is mild, but wet wet wet...moss grows everywhere. It still beats a Chicago winter, but you better not  More

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Unless you're just a tourist who wants to dink around the quaint little town of Winslow, you're going to need a car. Or a bike. But you certainly can't rely on the  More

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Reviews for Yelm    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Yelm is a very nice city to live in. Small enough to have that small town flavor but big enough not to be cramped. Has access to pretty much everywhere you want to go.  More

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I've lived in Yelm 2 years now and LOVE IT! We moved here to get away of the crazyness and extreamly crampedness of the "suburbia"of Puyallup which is just outside of  More

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