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Yelm, WA vs Longview, TX

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Highlights
- Longview spends 34.1% less per student than Yelm.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.6% lower in Longview than in Yelm. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Longview had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yelm
 Yelm, WALongview, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,267$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,012$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13404573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.35.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Longview    9 Reviews

I was born and raised here. I don't recommend it. I love religious people but the religious culture here is so suffocating. I felt like I couldn't breath or be  More

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The schools are substandard. Bullying is part of the culture, not only in the schools, but in the work places. The good jobs are 'hidden' - you have to know someone to  More

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Over 15 years ago

Longview, Texas is a growing Northeast Texas town of about 80,000. Lots of families raise their children  More

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