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Boise City, ID vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 84.4% more per student than Boise City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.0% higher in Olympia than in Boise City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boise City

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 Boise City, IDOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$9,278$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,035$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,946$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.821816.23
 Students per Librarian103112464573
 Students per Counselor430439530
 Grade School Educ.1.5%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.2%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%22.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.3%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.7%46.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.8%14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%1.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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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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ZIPS IN BOISE CITY, IDAHO
83709 83704 83706 83713 83705 83702 83716 83703 83712
ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506

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