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Olympia, WA vs Post Falls, ID

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Highlights
- Post Falls spends 48.5% less per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% higher in Post Falls than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Post Falls had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia

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 Olympia, WAPost Falls, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$8,804$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$8,177$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$5,065$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1818.9416.23
 Students per Librarian124610634573
 Students per Counselor439402530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%1.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%5.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%32.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%21.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.1%3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%0.3%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 Post Falls    6 Reviews

In moving here I knew about the snow. Not a matter of if but how much. What I didn't know was how windy it gets and how often. I also didn't know about the dust. It's  More

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Over 5 years ago

Moved here from Seattle in 2018. Even though the population is under 40,000 it doesn't feel like small town Mayberry. The biggest mistake I see happening is the building  More

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Post Falls had great potential; too bad the city planning committee blew it! It's such a disorganized bunch of housing communities built just what looks like where ever  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN POST FALLS, IDAHO
83854

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