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Olympia, WA vs Springfield, OR

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Highlights
- Springfield spends 14.8% less per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% lower in Springfield than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Springfield had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia

Education
 Olympia, WASpringfield, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$14,566$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$12,107$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$6,947$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio1817.9416.23
 Students per Librarian12467764573
 Students per Counselor439406530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.1%89.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%31.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%20.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.1%4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%0.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.8%0.5%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 Springfield    5 Reviews

When I moved to Springfield with my family, we came from the north so didn't we didn't experience the scathing hatred Californians might encounter. Even so, not being a  More

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I lived her from Sept 2012 to Dec 2018. It was ok at first. Over the years the whole area has become.more and more unfriendly to moderate democrats, centrist or  More

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Over 13 years ago

How is it in Springfield ? Is it hard to get started in that town? How is the work  More

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ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506
ZIPS IN SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
97478 97477

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