2025 Compare Cities Education:
Berkeley, CA vs Nevada City, CA

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Highlights
- Nevada City spends 25.1% more per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.2% lower in Nevada City than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Nevada City had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley
 Berkeley, CANevada City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock84024573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock21.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%1.5%
Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 12 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 14 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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Reviews for Nevada City    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I lived in Y.C Ca for 14 yrs and Nevada City became my favorite town to visit. The restaurants are great, the night life is mellow but you get a variety of music...shoos  More

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We are seriously considering a move to Nevada City. I have a lot of questions about what it will be like for a liberal-minded family with a teenage son. Will he find  More

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Over 9 years ago

I have been coming here since I was a child. I am from the bay area, the town I grew up in was small and I met my husband there. We raised our children there. The  More

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