2024 Compare Cities Education:
Folsom, CA vs Berkeley, CA

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Highlights
- Berkeley spends 16.7% more per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% lower in Berkeley than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Berkeley had 3.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom
 Folsom, CABerkeley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,240$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484$13,323$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,670$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.7521.6116.23
 Students per Librarian632195554573
 Students per Counselor641603530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.7%96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%11.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.7%73.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.9%23.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%7.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%9.8%1.5%
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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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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