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Berkeley, CA vs Petaluma, CA

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Highlights
- Petaluma spends 5.3% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.7% lower in Petaluma than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Petaluma had 6.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley

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 Berkeley, CAPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$13,921$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6120.8216.23
 Students per Librarian9555142404573
 Students per Counselor603399530
 Grade School Educ.2.0%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%4.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.3%90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%24.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.1%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%40.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.2%9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%3.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.8%1.4%1.5%

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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 11 years ago

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

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Over 13 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 Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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ZIPS IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720
ZIPS IN PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
94954 94952

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