2025 Compare Cities Education:
Junction City, OR vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 17.4% more per student than Junction City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% higher in Olympia than in Junction City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 1.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Junction City
 Junction City, OROlympia, 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.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.34.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Junction City    2 Reviews

I grew up in small town Oregon until moving to Los Angeles at age 12 in 1960. The last 7 years from 1953 to 1960 were spent living in the "suburbs" of Junction City, 2  More

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Cheshire is my home town. Currently, I live in Eugene. I Visit the countryside as often as I can. Cheshire, in my opinion is by far, one of the best places to raise  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 4 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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