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Olympia, WA vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 3.5% less per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.2% lower in Denver than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia

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 Olympia, WADenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$12,519$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1814.916.23
 Students per Librarian124620954573
 Students per Counselor439411530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%16.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%52.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.1%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%4.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%2.1%1.5%

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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 3 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 Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN DENVER, COLORADO
80219, 80239, 80123, 80231, 80210, 80220, 80211, 80204, 80205, 80249, 32 total

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