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Olympia, WA vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Fairfax spends 2.7% more per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Fairfax than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fairfax had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia

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 Olympia, WAFairfax, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$17,573$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$16,085$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$10,083$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio18 16.23

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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 Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
22030

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