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Nevada City, CA vs Grass Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Grass Valley spends 0.0% less per student than Nevada City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Grass Valley than in Nevada City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grass Valley had 2.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Nevada City

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 Nevada City, CAGrass Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$22,261$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,261$14,261$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,309$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.9718.9716.23
 Students per Librarian840284024573
 Students per Counselor433433530
 Grade School Educ.0.5%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.8%92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%33.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.21.0%8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.2%27.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.0%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%1.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.7%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Nevada City    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I lived in Y.C Ca for 14 yrs and Nevada City became my favorite town to visit. The restaurants are great, the night life is mellow but you get a variety of music...shoos  More

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We are seriously considering a move to Nevada City. I have a lot of questions about what it will be like for a liberal-minded family with a teenage son. Will he find  More

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Over 8 years ago

I have been coming here since I was a child. I am from the bay area, the town I grew up in was small and I met my husband there. We raised our children there. The  More

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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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ZIPS IN NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
95959
ZIPS IN GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
95945

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