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Prospect, KY vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 2.4% less per student than Prospect.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 50.2% higher in Folsom than in Prospect. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 6.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Prospect

Education
 Prospect, KYFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,618$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,255$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,769$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1522.7516.23
 Students per Librarian46763214573
 Students per Counselor227641530
 Grade School Educ.0.2%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.2%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.99.5%92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.3%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.71.7%51.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.18.6%16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree10.5%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree7.0%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Prospect    3 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Although housing is more expensive than most other cities in Kentucky, as are the real estate taxes it is worth it for the piece of mind and the great schools. Otherwise  More

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Quick response to what was posted. I would say her post is inaccurate except for the part about taxes. People are friendlier and more laid back than the people up  More

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Everything is relative as the saying goes, but we transplanted here from Germantown, TN (which we loved)to Prospect, KY (suburb of Louisville). We find the people are  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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ZIPS IN PROSPECT, KENTUCKY
40059
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95630

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