2025 Compare Cities Education:
Yelm, WA vs Twin Falls, ID

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Highlights
- Twin Falls spends 51.0% less per student than Yelm.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.6% lower in Twin Falls than in Yelm. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Twin Falls had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Yelm
 Yelm, WATwin Falls, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,377$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,260$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11634573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.35.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%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 Twin Falls    8 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

It is a hub community that is a gateway to the north of Sun Valley and to the south for Jackpot. New High School of 3 years to add to the established one. The hospital  More

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Over 12 years ago

Been living in Twin Falls for 2 plus years, like the people, very friendly. The Canyon is truly beautiful. Nice not to have to battle traffic, have places to walk to,  More

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In my 18 years here, Twin Falls has grown steadily, but all the schools, box stores, grocery stores are still within a 10-15 minute drive of each other. Traffic is a  More

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