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Media, PA vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 23.4% less per student than Media.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.0% higher in Olympia than in Media. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 2.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Media
 Media, PAOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,270  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.06  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor323  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Media    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

Media, Pa has easy access to major highways and the rail system, which makes it easy to get to downtown Philadelphia. Rail takes about the same amount of time but there  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 5 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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