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Olympia, WA vs Happy Valley, OR

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Highlights
- Happy Valley spends 9.5% more per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% higher in Happy Valley than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Happy Valley had 0.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia

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 Olympia, WAHappy Valley, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$18,730$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$11,791$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$6,998$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1819.0116.23
 Students per Librarian12467444573
 Students per Counselor439355530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%2.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%95.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%20.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%50.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.1%12.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%5.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%2.6%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 Happy Valley    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Happy Valley, OR is a great place to live. Just east of Portland its on a hill where you could see the beautiful city(Portland) in the valley. All the beautiful lights  More

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Over 13 years ago

Left NYC and moved straight to Portland 5 years ago. I'm in early 40s with kids and wife and they love it here  More

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Over 14 years ago

Damascus is a quiet community just East of Portland. We are close to Gresham, Clackamas, and Boring/Sandy. There is farm land out this way, nice friendly people and the  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON
97086 97015

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