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Thousand Oaks, CA vs Olympia, WA

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Highlights
- Olympia spends 20.0% more per student than Thousand Oaks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.1% lower in Olympia than in Thousand Oaks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olympia had 1.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Thousand Oaks

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 Thousand Oaks, CAOlympia, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,254$17,104$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,066$13,853$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,617$8,162$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.021816.23
 Students per Librarian2912812464573
 Students per Counselor454439530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%2.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%95.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.8%22.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.5%9.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.2%46.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.8%14.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%1.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  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 THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA
91320 91360 91362 91361
ZIPS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON
98501 98502 98506

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