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Visalia, CA vs Porterville, CA

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Highlights
- Porterville spends 0.0% less per student than Visalia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Porterville than in Visalia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Porterville had 19.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Visalia

Education
 Visalia, CAPorterville, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,667$14,667$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,754$12,754$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,603$7,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.0322.0316.23
 Students per Librarian94453944534573
 Students per Counselor640640530
 Grade School Educ.7.5%17.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%12.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.0%69.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.9%22.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.4%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.0%13.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.6.4%2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%0.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.3%0.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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Reviews for Porterville    11 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Nobody speaks English... It`s overran by Mexican drug cartels! The best thing I EVER did was get the hell out of  More

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Over 7 years ago

Porterville is a small town in need of employment opportunities. Our crime rates are par with the rest of the US. The 1st generation immigrants are not the problem, they  More

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I moved to Porterville 7 years ago when I moved from the east coast. My first impression was the nice cooler climate with the majestic mountains nearby so it was good  More

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ZIPS IN VISALIA, CALIFORNIA
93291 93277 93292
ZIPS IN PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA
93257

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