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Nevada City, CA vs Santa Rosa, CA

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

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 Nevada City, 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.0.5%8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%6.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.8%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%23.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.21.0%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.2%34.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.0%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%3.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.7%1.3%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 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 NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA
95959
ZIPS IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
95403 95407 95404 95401 95409 95405

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