2025 Compare Cities Education:
Plainfield, VT vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 23.6% less per student than Plainfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 65.0% higher in Olympia than in Plainfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Plainfield
 Plainfield, VTOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,864  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.91  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor167  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Plainfield    1 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

This is a nice little town, 13 miles from Montpelier, another little town. It has a wonderful library and a great sense of community. There are nice hiking trails in  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 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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