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Cottage Grove, OR vs Yelm, WA

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- Yelm spends 17.4% more per student than Cottage Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% higher in Yelm than in Cottage Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yelm had 3.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cottage Grove
 Cottage Grove, ORYelm, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,107  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor406  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Cottage Grove    2 Reviews

Cottage Grove vicinity, not the city of. The area is beautiful. There are a lot of accessible parks, trails, and the like. The spring and fall are the best  More

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Over 9 years ago

I have thought about moving here but would like some feedback on the quality of life here and whether or not it is a good place to  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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