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Monterey, CA vs Yelm, WA

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Highlights
- Yelm spends 11.2% more per student than Monterey.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.2% lower in Yelm than in Monterey. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yelm had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Monterey
 Monterey, CAYelm, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,156  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Monterey    21 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The Monterey city area is an excellent place to live and one of the few California locales where it's relatively safe to raise a family. If I could no longer live here I  More

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I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and had to leave to climb out of poverty. The median income is $35,000 and outside of the military, the jobs are mostly service  More

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My husband and I are just crazy about Monterey. I wonder if we take housing expenses (mortgage or rent) out of the picture, is Monterey still a very expensive city to  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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