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Hood River, OR vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 10.6% less per student than Hood River.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.0% higher in Olympia than in Hood River. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 9.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hood River

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 Hood River, OROlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,136$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,375$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,980$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.931816.23
 Students per Librarian57512464573
 Students per Counselor268439530
 Grade School Educ.10.4%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.8%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%22.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.5%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.2%46.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.17.2%14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.0%1.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Hood River    10 Reviews

I have lived here for 20 years coming from the NY east coast area. This is a lot better in Summer as reflected in the rents which are out of this world -- $200 per  More

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Over 9 years ago

Hood River Oregon is a amazing place to live the winters are awesome lots to do.The two things that i found that sucks about hood river is the cost of living and the  More

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Over 14 years ago

I would like to know how many Hispanics are register voters in the city of The Dalles OR. And how many Hispanics are there in the ciy of The Dalles  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 HOOD RIVER, OREGON
97031
ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506

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