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Gig Harbor, WA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 17.0% less per student than Gig Harbor.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.8% higher in Folsom than in Gig Harbor. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Gig Harbor

Education
 Gig Harbor, WAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,363$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,056$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,966$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.6822.7516.23
 Students per Librarian113963214573
 Students per Counselor441641530
 Grade School Educ.0.6%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.8%92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.13.4%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.9%51.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.3%16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.9%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.7%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Gig Harbor    18 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Moved from Chicago and never regretted it for a moment. Live out in the country, Key Peninsula, and love the country lifestyle. Surrounded by beauty and never have grown  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful city to  More

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Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived here for five months. I’m 66 years old and this has been the nicest summer of my entire life. It’s been beautiful every single day. I live out on key  More

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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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