2025 Compare Cities Education:
Albany, CA vs Redding, CA

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Highlights
- Redding spends 16.0% less per student than Albany.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% lower in Redding than in Albany. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Redding had 5.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Albany
 Albany, CARedding, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,940$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,803$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock801424573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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Reviews for Redding    61 Reviews

What an amazing place to live. No place is perfect but the people here are friendly with several parks nearby and many miles of trails from Road Biking to MBT. Check out  More

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Take a hike if you don't like different points of view, religious or generally conservative people. No one will miss you. California has been going in the wrong  More

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Over 4 years ago

I retired to Redding 6 years ago and I can truthfully say that I made a huge mistake. If you are looking to move to an area that has; thriving arts scene, gourmet  More

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