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Folsom, CA vs Sammamish, WA

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Highlights
- Sammamish spends 31.7% more per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.5% lower in Sammamish than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sammamish had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom

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 Folsom, CASammamish, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,240$20,069$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484$14,996$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,670$8,846$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.7518.5316.23
 Students per Librarian63219894573
 Students per Counselor641455530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%1.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.7%97.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%10.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%5.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.7%76.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.9%28.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%3.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%3.5%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 Sammamish    4 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Seattle has beautiful greenery and gorgeous mountain views. It is quite dark and gloomy for much of the late fall into spring...or July 5th as locals know quite well. I  More

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Housing seems to be very overpriced, however after all things considered, it is well worth it. (Family of  More

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Sammamish is honestly a wonderful place to live. It's perfect for a family who wants a comfortable entertaining suburban life. The schools are pretty great, as I can say  More

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ZIPS IN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA
95630
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98074 98075

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