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Yelm, WA vs Tracy, CA

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Highlights
- Tracy spends 16.1% less per student than Yelm.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.1% higher in Tracy than in Yelm. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tracy had 10.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yelm
 Yelm, WATracy, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,344$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,464$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock234364573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.35.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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 Tracy    18 Reviews

Native born and raised in Tracy. I've seen it go from a small community of 12,000 to almost 100,000 in 50 years. The growth has not been for the better IMO. It has  More

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I was raised in Tracy and over the last 60+ years, it has gone from a small town of about 9,000 to almost 100,000. The changes have not all been good. It was a good  More

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I have been living here for 4 years and I can’t wait to move out of here. Tracy is a place very very very dusty.. it can be just one week and you have to wipe out  More

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