2025 Compare Cities Education:
Olympia, WA vs Weiser, ID

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Highlights
- Weiser spends 46.8% less per student than Olympia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% lower in Weiser than in Olympia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Weiser had 10.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Olympia
 Olympia, WAWeiser, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,095$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,549$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12704573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 4 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 Weiser    3 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I love weiser the community always helps one another out. No one goes without. And it is very safe to raise children  More

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I would only give it one star except that their are some nice people there. There are many problems with this town. The City wants to make it a retirement community.  More

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Over 6 years ago

Only one grocery store no jobs and no public transportation and limited amount of police and their is an issue with racism in this town.it appears that the mayor and  More

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