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Roy, UT vs Yelm, WA

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Highlights
- Yelm spends 56.0% more per student than Roy.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.7% lower in Yelm than in Roy. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Yelm had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Roy
 Roy, UTYelm, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,238  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor413  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.0%1.5%
Reviews for Roy    1 Reviews

I decided to make a comment about Roy, Utah because I saw that no one else had made a comment about it yet! I lived in Roy for a little over two years and I thought it  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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