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Yelm, WA vs Madera, CA

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Highlights
- Madera spends 0.6% less per student than Yelm.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.7% higher in Madera than in Yelm. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Madera had 36.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yelm
 Yelm, WAMadera, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,999$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,031$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock72314573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock26.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock59.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.35.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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 Madera    2 Reviews

I live here for the pass 4 years and in these years I lived in a fifth wheeler I owned a RV motor home but my dreams of selling it went out the window on the4 morning  More

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I live in Madera, Ca. and it has been listed in Sperling's BestPlaces as having a home medium price of $315,000 and a population of approx. 35,000. As an update to  More

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