2024 Compare Cities Education:
Olympia, WA vs Redwood City, CA

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Highlights
- Redwood City spends 17.4% more per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.9% higher in Redwood City than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Redwood City had 6.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia
 Olympia, WARedwood City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$15,457$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1819.7916.23
 Students per Librarian124680554573
 Students per Counselor439431530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%14.2%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%15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%6.1%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 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 Redwood City    11 Reviews

(Caveating everything with "it's Bay Area prices") Redwood City is a large sprawling town where you can find just about anything you're looking for. There's great  More

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The entire Bay Area is ridiculous. You can't compare it to other areas. RWC is reasonably cheap for the area. I pay $5K for a rental townhouse in one of the many  More

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Lovely weather. Safe place to live (I live in Redwood Shores). The only thing that keeps this place from being 5 stars is the cost of housing. When you have to pay an  More

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