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Alturas, CA vs Susanville, CA

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- Susanville spends 0.3% more per student than Alturas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.3% higher in Susanville than in Alturas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Susanville had 19.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Alturas
 Alturas, CASusanville, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,520$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,149  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,111$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.49  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor0  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock71.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Alturas    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Crime seems unreasonably high for this area. Shame. Guess there is no place void of California’s problems. Even way up in the North out in the  More

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I visited there years ago and camped at Blue Lake in the Warner Mts. This is America as it was in the 1950's, minus all our modern  More

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Over 14 years ago

I am considering buying an acreage north of Alturas, could anyone tell me what the water table is for drilling? I would appreciate it. Also are there alot of timber 8  More

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Reviews for Susanville    11 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Ive been here my whole life. I can't imagine living anywhere else but crime is definitely going up. Blame it on add another prison i feel 1 was plenty. But its still  More

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Over 6 years ago

Decent place, lived here for a while. Homeless are everywhere, drug addicts under the bridges, don't go to the river or the trail due to harassment from homeless.  More

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Over 7 years ago

Susanville has most of the raptors that you see in the US. I see deer in the city streets daily. I've seen beaver, coyote, wolf, bear, martins, racoon, fox, skunk,  More

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