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Apple Valley, MN vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 13.0% more per student than Apple Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.4% higher in Sunnyvale than in Apple Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Apple Valley
 Apple Valley, MNSunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,783  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.83  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor573  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%1.5%
Reviews for Apple Valley    5 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Being ex military, I have traveled to a lot of States. If I had my way, Id live in San Diego, but I can't afford it. My second choice would be Mn. There are lots of  More

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Over 16 years ago

Apple Valley is a somewhat boring place to live. Most of the houses look the same. They are painted the same to conform to rules. Mostly chain stores but I prefer  More

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Over 17 years ago

Quiet w lots of parks and low  More

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Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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