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Raymond, WA vs Yelm, WA

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Highlights
- Yelm spends 17.4% less per student than Raymond.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.7% higher in Yelm than in Raymond. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yelm had 15.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Raymond
 Raymond, WAYelm, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,624  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor750  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.13.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Raymond    2 Reviews

Over 8 years ago

The average snowfall for Raymond is 5 inches not 1 inch.The reason it’s probably posted wrong is because no one from The city of Raymond reports it to  More

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Over 17 years ago

Raymond is located on the Wa. coast. Living in mountain and high desert regions all my life, I ignored the warnings of friends that I would feel little aches and pains  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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