2025 Compare Cities Education:
Yelm, WA vs Farmington, NM

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Highlights
- Farmington spends 27.2% less per student than Yelm.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.9% lower in Farmington than in Yelm. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Farmington had 6.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yelm
 Yelm, WAFarmington, NMUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,458$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,092$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7564573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.35.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
Reviews for Yelm    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Yelm is a very nice city to live in. Small enough to have that small town flavor but big enough not to be cramped. Has access to pretty much everywhere you want to go.  More

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I've lived in Yelm 2 years now and LOVE IT! We moved here to get away of the crazyness and extreamly crampedness of the "suburbia"of Puyallup which is just outside of  More

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Reviews for Farmington    24 Reviews

The worst place I have ever lived. It is dirty, crime ridden, uneducated and good luck getting good medical care. San Juan anything sucks. Unfriendly, ugly, dusty,  More

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Over 7 years ago

No social life, limited resources, dirty roads with potholes, unclean people, litter, no recreational resources of any value. Employment opportunities don't exist, lack  More

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World class fly fishing (San Juan shuffle!), nearby colorado skiing, and perhaps one of the best climates in the continental US (average western summer with mild winter,  More

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