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Columbia, TN vs Yelm, WA

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Highlights
- Yelm spends 74.5% more per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.6% higher in Yelm than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yelm had 4.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, TNYelm, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,088  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.3  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor425  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    7 Reviews

I was disturbed when I say old comments on this page. I recently moved to Columbia, TN. I saw associations with crime and other things that do not reflect what is by far  More

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Over 16 years ago

The jobs in Columbia, Tennessee are scarce in comparison to cities. It has been that way since the '90's. In the 90's General Electric and other major companies left the  More

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Over 17 years ago

Small old fashioned city. Not very progressive. great weather adequate schools no job growth. reasonable housing costs close to Nashville very few  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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