2025 Compare Cities Education:
Normandy Park, WA vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 14.8% less per student than Normandy Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.9% lower in Olympia than in Normandy Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Normandy Park
 Normandy Park, WAOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Normandy Park    2 Reviews

I’ve lived in city of Normandy Park for 7 years and really love it, until recently the current city council ignoring our petitions and wanting to go ahead with  More

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Over 14 years ago

The grade school here is always one of the best in the state. Brand new school built one year  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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