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South Lake Tahoe, CA vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- San Jose spends 57.4% more per student than South Lake Tahoe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.4% lower in San Jose than in South Lake Tahoe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Jose had 1.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to South Lake Tahoe
 South Lake Tahoe, CASan Jose, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,688$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,787$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,768$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.5821.5916.23
 Students per Librarian1068165284573
 Students per Counselor767646530
 Grade School Educ.6.1%8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%5.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.0%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.1%16.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.6%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.9%45.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.2%14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%2.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.8%2.8%1.5%
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 San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 3 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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