2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lebanon, NH vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 30.9% less per student than Lebanon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 77.3% higher in Olympia than in Lebanon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 2.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lebanon
 Lebanon, NHOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$21,837  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.15  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor168  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Lebanon    3 Reviews

If you want an honest opinion, please keep reading. In total, our family has lived on and off in this area 10 years, first on one side of the river, then on the other.  More

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Life is just too difficult here for the regular person, particularly if you come from any other state. I have no idea why they claim the unemployment rate is so low when  More

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The Lebanon/Hanover, New Hampshire community is often rated among the best places to live in the country. Population, however, remains a scant 20,000 or so. We enjoy  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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