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Grass Valley, CA vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 24.3% less per student than Grass Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.8% higher in Santa Rosa than in Grass Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grass Valley

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 Grass Valley, CASanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$22,261$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,261$13,921$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,309$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.9720.8216.23
 Students per Librarian8402142404573
 Students per Counselor433399530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%6.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.5%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.8%23.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.0%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%34.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%3.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  More

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Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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ZIPS IN GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
95945
ZIPS IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
95403 95407 95404 95401 95409 95405

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