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Fresno, CA vs Downey, CA

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Highlights
- Downey spends 12.9% more per student than Fresno.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% higher in Downey than in Fresno. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Downey had 2.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fresno

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 Fresno, CADowney, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,432$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,227$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,719$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.3821.8616.23
 Students per Librarian1261665654573
 Students per Counselor646380530
 Grade School Educ.10.5%11.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.5%8.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.79.0%80.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%22.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.6%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.6%24.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.9%5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.9%0.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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Reviews for Downey    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

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Over 16 years ago

downey has a decent area in the northeast part but mostly average homes and getting busy driving around the  More

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Over 18 years ago

Its a nice city. Just like the rest of Sounthern California it is overrun with illegal aliens. Housing and apartment renting is high,consdireing the age of the homes and  More

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ZIPS IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA
93722, 93727, 93720, 93702, 93726, 93706, 93705, 93711, 93703, 93710, 18 total
ZIPS IN DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA
90241 90242 90240

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