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Seattle, WA vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 14.8% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.9% lower in Olympia than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 0.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle

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 Seattle, WAOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.531816.23
 Students per Librarian98912464573
 Students per Counselor455439530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%22.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%46.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.4%14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%1.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  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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ZIPS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
98115, 98103, 98133, 98105, 98118, 98125, 98122, 98117, 98144, 98109, 28 total
ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506

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