2025 Compare Cities Education:
Yelm, WA vs Montrose, CO

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Highlights
- Montrose spends 29.7% less per student than Yelm.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% lower in Montrose than in Yelm. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Montrose had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yelm
 Yelm, WAMontrose, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,020$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,976$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5624573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.35.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.9%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 Montrose    23 Reviews

I've lived in the area for 4 yrs. First 2 in Ridgway. The positive is the City is growing which is bringing interesting development & tax revenue. The Montrose  More

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I was born in Montrose about 50 years ago and despite moving to Telluride, Denver, Ann Arbor, San Francisco and Chicago, I can’t find another place that makes me feel  More

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Okay so here’s the end all be all. If I could give this town a zero I would I came to visit my girlfriend from Denver and I considered moving out here despite being a  More

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