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Parkland, WA vs Yelm, WA

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Highlights
- Yelm spends 6.9% less per student than Parkland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% lower in Yelm than in Parkland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yelm had 4.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Parkland
 Parkland, WAYelm, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.17.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Parkland    2 Reviews

Lived here from 2014 to 2018. One transit line connecting south toward Spanaway at terminus near Walmart, runs along commercial main drag Pacific Avenue. It does  More

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Over 15 years ago

This is a great place to live because you get the benefits of several cities without being incorporated and paying city  More

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Reviews for Yelm    2 Reviews

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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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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