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Smithfield, UT vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 75.3% more per student than Smithfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.5% lower in Olympia than in Smithfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Smithfield
 Smithfield, UTOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,172  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.54  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor520  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.41.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Smithfield    2 Reviews

Your website knows absolutly nothing about small cities or communities...to prove my point here is what is on your website...and I quote 93.26% of people are white,  More

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Over 19 years ago

The weather here in the summer is perfect! Its the winters that are sooo cold. If you like to ski or snowmobile it wonderful for those things. The crime rate here is  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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