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South Lake Tahoe, CA vs Powell, WY

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Highlights
- Powell spends 54.4% more per student than South Lake Tahoe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.2% lower in Powell than in South Lake Tahoe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Powell had 8.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to South Lake Tahoe

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 South Lake Tahoe, CAPowell, WYUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,688$18,051$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,787$16,767$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,768$10,311$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.5812.3816.23
 Students per Librarian106812174573
 Students per Counselor767266530
 Grade School Educ.6.1%3.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%2.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.0%94.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.1%21.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%15.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.9%31.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.2%6.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%1.7%1.5%

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 4 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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Reviews for Powell    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Born in Powell Hospital in 1944 to a farm family. Older Sister Sharon (1939) was our Linchpin. Brother Tom (Earl Thompson,1943), set high standards for all of us, and  More

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I don't know what the "median" price for a home in Powell is but, $424,000 is way off ! It could be $154,000 but, just check the real estate web sites. The only place  More

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Do not come to Powell unless you have a lot of money as there are few jobs that pay any decent wages and housing prices are going through the roof. It seems the local  More

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ZIPS IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA
96150
ZIPS IN POWELL, WYOMING
82435

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