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Whittier, CA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 12.6% less per student than Whittier.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Folsom than in Whittier. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 4.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Whittier

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 Whittier, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,429$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,492$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.8622.7516.23
 Students per Librarian656563214573
 Students per Counselor380641530
 Grade School Educ.5.6%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.6%92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.7%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.2%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.7%51.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.2%16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.7%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Whittier    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have lived in Whittier for over 15 years.Whittier is a great place to live. The City Council has spent millions on street improvements especially on the entrances to  More

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The EWCSD has some really good schools. Management needs some work, but great, caring  More

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I have been a parent at St Gregory for almost 5 years now, I am extremely pleased, the teachers have gone above and beyond to educate our children to the fullest to  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 11 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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ZIPS IN WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA
90601 90602 90603
ZIPS IN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA
95630

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