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Simi Valley, CA vs Elk Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Elk Grove spends 6.9% more per student than Simi Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% lower in Elk Grove than in Simi Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elk Grove had 0.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Simi Valley

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 Simi Valley, CAElk Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,254$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,066$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,617$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.0222.7516.23
 Students per Librarian2912863214573
 Students per Counselor454641530
 Grade School Educ.3.4%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%4.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.5%90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%25.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.8%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.5%37.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.1%8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%1.4%1.5%

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Reviews for Simi Valley    22 Reviews

I've live in two different neighborhoods since fall of 1996 and depending on the neighborhood you're quality of life experience will vary. The price of housing is such  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Simi Valley for 23 Years. I love it here but due to the cost of living am looking to relocate to another state/City where my money will go further. Simi  More

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Over 15 years ago

simi valley is a very nice place to live within the shadow of the LA metro area. it has low crime and reasonable housing costs with ready access to indoor and outdoor  More

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Reviews for Elk Grove    15 Reviews

I grew up in the area around Elk Grove and it was a very small rural town up to the year 2000. We moved to ELk grove in 2009 and commuted to work in Sacramento. At  More

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Elk Grove is a very diverse city. A long time ago it use to be very white. Now the white population is about 40%, then next majority race are Asian, then Hispanic,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Our neighborhood is o.k. but it is expensive to live here and the air is oppressive during the summer when it gets hot for a week or more. Days over 95 and nights of 75.  More

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ZIPS IN SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
93065 93063
ZIPS IN ELK GROVE, CALIFORNIA
95624 95758 95757

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