2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ringwood, NJ vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 33.8% less per student than Ringwood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.4% higher in Olympia than in Ringwood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 1.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ringwood
 Ringwood, NJOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,845  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.38  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor326  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Ringwood    1 Reviews

Over 19 years ago

Housing costs as compared to other areas within Bergen-Passaic counties is less. However due to lack of ratables, property taxes are extremely  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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