2025 Compare Cities Education:
Tell City, IN vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 47.5% more per student than Tell City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.2% higher in Olympia than in Tell City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tell City
 Tell City, INOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,127  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12464573
 Students per Counselor488  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.8%1.5%
Reviews for Tell City    2 Reviews

I just got back from visiting Tell City for pre-retirement reasons and also looking for senior housing apts. and I was not dissappointed at all...great small town..very  More

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Over 12 years ago

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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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