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Acton, CA vs Boise City, ID

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- Boise City spends 46.8% less per student than Acton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.5% lower in Boise City than in Acton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boise City had 1.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Acton
 Acton, CABoise City, IDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,278$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,946$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock10314573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.31.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Acton    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Great place to live. Terrfic enclave of private schools. A few notable public schools and charters. Great restaurants, shops and  More

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but sadly, CA taxes social security  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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