2025 Compare Cities Education:
Yelm, WA vs Stamford, CT

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Highlights
- Stamford spends 34.4% more per student than Yelm.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 29.1% lower in Stamford than in Yelm. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Stamford had 4.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yelm
 Yelm, WAStamford, CTUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,984$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,792$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5064573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.1%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.  Unlock16.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%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 Stamford    22 Reviews

I've lived here for about 6 months and actually love it! I lived on Long Island, Queens, and Brooklyn here and there for 11 years, and you definitely appreciate how much  More

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I lived here 4 yrs coming from NY fir a better life for my son. I live with suster cant afford something on my own because for a 2 bdrm its over 2300 . Too many luxury  More

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Over 10 years ago

Fairfield county connecticut is the most expensive fully adjusted place to live in the contninental us. and its in  More

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