2025 Compare Cities Education:
Minden, NV vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 44.9% more per student than Minden.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.2% higher in Olympia than in Minden. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Minden
 Minden, NVOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,750  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.12  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Minden    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Moved here to escape traffic and stress UNBELIEVABLE VIEWS! Love the people and quality of  More

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Over 17 years ago

We moved from Southern California (suburbs of LA) almost 3 years ago to get away from the bad traffic and too many people. We thought Northern Nevada was the perfect  More

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The Carson Valley is a beautiful place to live. Lake Tahoe 20 min. away. Snow skiing 20 min. away. Summers are great mostly in the 90s. and dry. Mountains suround the  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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