2024 Compare Cities Education:
Yakima, WA vs Fife, WA

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Highlights
- Fife spends 12.3% more per student than Yakima.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.1% higher in Fife than in Yakima. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fife had 16.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Yakima
 Yakima, WAFife, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,346$18,363$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,566$14,056$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,790$7,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.6618.6816.23
 Students per Librarian164811394573
 Students per Counselor432441530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.2%9.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.75.5%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.8%13.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.0%25.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.2%5.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%0.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Yakima    12 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Overall we've enjoyed our stay in Yakima after several years and plan on being here for several more, at least. The spring and summer here are just unreal compared to  More

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Over 8 years ago

I may be relocating to Yakima, WA for a professional position at a local university. I have never lived in this part of the country as I am from the East Coast. I have  More

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Yakima is situated in the high desert, eastern elevations of the Cascade Mountain Range. Coming from the humid, eastern parts of the country, I was amazed at how  More

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Reviews for Fife    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

This small suburb of Tacoma checks all the boxes for me, so where do I start? Fife has a bit of everything for every walk of life and virtually any activity you wish  More

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Over 17 years ago

A town so small if you blink it is gone. It is really a small suburb of tacoma. I lived there for only three weeks and had to move  More

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