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Folsom, CA vs Oakland, CA

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Highlights
- Oakland spends 16.7% more per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% lower in Oakland than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oakland had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom

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 Folsom, CAOakland, 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%8.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%6.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.7%84.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%15.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.7%47.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.9%13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%3.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%2.6%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 3 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

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ZIPS IN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA
95630
ZIPS IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
94601, 94605, 94611, 94606, 94603, 94621, 94610, 94602, 94608, 94607, 15 total

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