2025 Compare Cities Education:
Yelm, WA vs Oklahoma City, OK

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Highlights
- Oklahoma City spends 41.5% less per student than Yelm.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.7% higher in Oklahoma City than in Yelm. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oklahoma City had 6.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yelm
 Yelm, WAOklahoma City, OKUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,014$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,964$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5614573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.5%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.  Unlock8.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Oklahoma City    78 Reviews

Very high tornado risk  More

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I have lived in this state for 6 months. There are a couple of things to bear in mind when it comes to OK. If you are moving from a state that has been destroyed by  More

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We moved here after living in Oregon our whole lives. Been here for 6 months and live in a middle class neighborhood. If I'm out front of the house someone was always  More

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