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Scotts Valley, CA vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 43.6% less per student than Scotts Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.1% higher in Carson City than in Scotts Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Scotts Valley

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 Scotts Valley, CACarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,364$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,552$7,679$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,688$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.8422.9516.23
 Students per Librarian627121784573
 Students per Counselor473877530
 Grade School Educ.0.9%4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%8.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.0%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.8%27.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.9%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.3%23.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.0%5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.7%0.7%1.5%

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Reviews for Scotts Valley    4 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

We lived and worked in Scotts Valley for a number of years. It's a nice enough city, safe and clean unlike some areas of Santa Cruz. It's well managed and the schools  More

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Over 6 years ago

Great weather and small town feel but it is changing rapidly  More

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Over 10 years ago

Scotts Valley is an ideal, small town with many wonderful features. It's just 10 minutes from the beaches in nearby Santa Cruz yet doesn't get the wet fog because it's  More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 2 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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ZIPS IN SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
95066
ZIPS IN CARSON CITY, NEVADA
89701 89706 89703

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