2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sherwood, OR vs Tumwater, WA

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Highlights
- Tumwater spends 14.1% less per student than Sherwood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.2% lower in Tumwater than in Sherwood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tumwater had 1.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sherwood
 Sherwood, ORTumwater, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor251  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Sherwood    3 Reviews

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Sherwood city council has started a huge water project to support an anticipated growth from 16000 to 30000; they will use the water from a treatment plant on the  More

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Reviews for Tumwater    1 Reviews

Tumwater is so beautiful, my commute to work in Olympia is about 15 minutes no traffic whatsoever! My kids both attend top rated schools, I lived in Bellevue for 8  More

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