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Northfield, MN vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 23.8% less per student than Northfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 50.2% higher in Folsom than in Northfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 4.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Northfield

Education
 Northfield, MNFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,007$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,690$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,138$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1522.7516.23
 Students per Librarian91063214573
 Students per Counselor473641530
 Grade School Educ.1.0%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.8%92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.9%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.5%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%51.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.0%16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.8%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Northfield    5 Reviews

The city has nothing really to offer but high taxes and bad streets and sidewalks. Winter is really bad as the city sidewalks are barely passable. You usually can not  More

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For a town of 20 thousand, the amount of cars on the road at any given time is absolutely insane. Residents will tell you it's no secret that the drivers here are  More

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I've lived in Northfield for almost 14 years now, owning my own home here the entire time. I'm originally from the Twin Cities, and moved to Northfield after several  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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55057
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95630

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