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Olympia, WA vs Appleton, WI

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Highlights
- Appleton spends 26.3% less per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.8% lower in Appleton than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Appleton had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia
 Olympia, WAAppleton, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,610$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,972$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4784573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
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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Reviews for Appleton    23 Reviews

Just to clarify my earlier review, the people are generally unfriendly, except the overweight women( 90% of women here) are friendly. Tailgatings on 1-41 an 441 is very  More

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Over 7 years ago

Women here are very heavy. People are rude here, will cut you off in public and not say a word. People at the gym walk in and do not even look at you, even though you  More

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Over 8 years ago

Something is happening in Appleton. The place used to be called the shopping capital of Wisco. But, slowly this rather commercial-sounding moniker is being replaced by  More

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