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Lyons, CO vs Yelm, WA

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Highlights
- Yelm spends 5.9% more per student than Lyons.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% higher in Yelm than in Lyons. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yelm had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lyons
 Lyons, COYelm, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor213  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.70.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Lyons    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

My child attended LMSH from 6th grade through 8th grade.  During that time she was bullied so severely that it has caused severe trauma.  The bullying was  More

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Over 15 years ago

The teachers at both schools (elem and HS) are very good. Although I am disappointed in the district and where they spend their money. Recently the school added more  More

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Lyons has it's circles. It's not very tolerant of those who do not fit the majority  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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