2024 Compare Cities Education:
Greenville, SC vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 42.1% more per student than Greenville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.1% higher in Olympia than in Greenville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 3.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Greenville
 Greenville, SCOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$12,034$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,391$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,940$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.991816.23
 Students per Librarian45912464573
 Students per Counselor299439530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.9%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.7%22.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%46.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.8%14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.8%1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Greenville    94 Reviews

My wife and I were prospecting Greenville, looking for work and a place to raise our son and grow our family. There's nothing inherently wrong with Greenville. The  More

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Over 2 years ago

Thinking of moving there from Fl. The country and the mountains are the only place to be. Country southerners are God's people. I just hope all the liberal devils get  More

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I have been reading all the negative reviews on Greenville on this site because, as a SC native, I was curious as to why it only had a 2 star average rating from over 90  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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