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Petaluma, CA vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 1.5% more per student than Petaluma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.5% lower in Olympia than in Petaluma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 5.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Petaluma

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 Petaluma, CAOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,850$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,508$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.821816.23
 Students per Librarian1424012464573
 Students per Counselor399439530
 Grade School Educ.4.6%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.5%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%22.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.4%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.3%46.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.9%14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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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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ZIPS IN PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
94954 94952
ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506

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