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Berkeley, CA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 14.3% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% higher in Folsom than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley

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 Berkeley, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6122.7516.23
 Students per Librarian955563214573
 Students per Counselor603641530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.3%92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.1%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%51.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.2%16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.8%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 11 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 13 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 11 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720
ZIPS IN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA
95630

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