2025 Compare Cities Education:
Appleton, WI vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 22.4% more per student than Appleton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 46.3% higher in Fresno than in Appleton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 15.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Appleton
 Appleton, WIFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,212  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor425  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Appleton    23 Reviews

Just to clarify my earlier review, the people are generally unfriendly, except the overweight women( 90% of women here) are friendly. Tailgatings on 1-41 an 441 is very  More

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Over 7 years ago

Women here are very heavy. People are rude here, will cut you off in public and not say a word. People at the gym walk in and do not even look at you, even though you  More

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Over 8 years ago

Something is happening in Appleton. The place used to be called the shopping capital of Wisco. But, slowly this rather commercial-sounding moniker is being replaced by  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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