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2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pacific, WA vs Yelm, WA

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Highlights
- Yelm spends 14.8% less per student than Pacific.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.9% lower in Yelm than in Pacific. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yelm had 5.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pacific
 Pacific, WAYelm, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
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Reviews for Pacific    2 Reviews
Pam · Arvada, CO
Worst place to live in the USA
Over 5 years ago

Worst place I have ever lived in my life. Crime is rampant and the police force is useless. The schools are a joke.  More

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Shawn · Pacific, WA
Living
Over 18 years ago

Cost of living is to high, taxes are to high, schools are run  More

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Reviews for Yelm    2 Reviews
Louis · Yelm, WA
Quality of Life
Over 16 years ago

Yelm is a very nice city to live in. Small enough to have that small town flavor but big enough not to be cramped. Has access to pretty much everywhere you want to go.  More

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jennifer · Yelm, WA
Yelm is our little known secret, don't tell anyone
Over 16 years ago

I've lived in Yelm 2 years now and LOVE IT! We moved here to get away of the crazyness and extreamly crampedness of the "suburbia"of Puyallup which is just outside of  More

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