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Yakima, WA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 6.8% less per student than Yakima.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.9% higher in Folsom than in Yakima. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 22.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Yakima

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 Yakima, WAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,346$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,566$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,790$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.6622.7516.23
 Students per Librarian164863214573
 Students per Counselor432641530
 Grade School Educ.12.3%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.2%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.75.5%92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.8%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.0%51.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.2%16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Yakima    12 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Overall we've enjoyed our stay in Yakima after several years and plan on being here for several more, at least. The spring and summer here are just unreal compared to  More

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Over 8 years ago

I may be relocating to Yakima, WA for a professional position at a local university. I have never lived in this part of the country as I am from the East Coast. I have  More

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Yakima is situated in the high desert, eastern elevations of the Cascade Mountain Range. Coming from the humid, eastern parts of the country, I was amazed at how  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 YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
98902 98908 98901
ZIPS IN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA
95630

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