2025 Compare Cities Education:
Prineville, OR vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 26.0% more per student than Prineville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.1% higher in Olympia than in Prineville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 9.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Prineville
 Prineville, OROlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,535  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor510  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.11.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Prineville    7 Reviews

Sunshine 300 days a year, friendly people, conservative values. Less than an hour from  More

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Over 7 years ago

Prineville is a great place to live, if you can find a home to live in. There is a housing shortage, at less than 1% and holding for more than 3 years. Otherwise, we  More

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We moved to Prineville from La Pine Oregon. Prineville is a smaller town of about 9k but has a huge amount of things that often go unnoticed. The beauty that surrounds  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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