2024 Compare Cities Education:
Rochester, WA vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 0.0% less per student than Rochester.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Olympia than in Rochester. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 5.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Rochester
 Rochester, WAOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,104$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,162$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio181816.23
 Students per Librarian124612464573
 Students per Counselor439439530
 Grade School Educ.5.8%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.4%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.89.8%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.2%22.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.7%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.8%46.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.1.7%14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.4%1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Rochester    1 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I live in a rural community just south of Olympia Washington called Rochester. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and boy what a difference. I love it  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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