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Folsom, CA vs West Palm Beach, FL

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Highlights
- West Palm Beach spends 14.6% less per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.0% lower in West Palm Beach than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- West Palm Beach had 6.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom
 Folsom, CAWest Palm Beach, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,240$13,018$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484$10,942$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,670$6,960$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.7516.3816.23
 Students per Librarian63217454573
 Students per Counselor641433530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%6.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%6.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.7%86.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%18.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%9.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.7%36.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.9%9.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%3.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%1.4%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 West Palm Beach    51 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Palm Beach county is getting over crowded at least from point of view. High property taxes and home owners insurance (due to hurricanes) traffic is getting worse.   More

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Over 8 years ago

I couldn't think of a better place to live. There are so many things to do around town. Traffic in not bad, for the most part. There's a good mix of cultural diversity.  More

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Over 8 years ago

Why is Cultural diversity considered a pro for West Palm  More

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