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Berkeley, CA vs Sonora, CA

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Highlights
- Sonora spends 21.0% less per student than Berkeley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.6% lower in Sonora than in Berkeley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sonora had 4.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Berkeley
 Berkeley, CASonora, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,052$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,808$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.73.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%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 Sonora    15 Reviews

I have lived in Sonora for two and a half years and love it. Some of the earlier reviews I read scared me before coming. Here is what we have found. We live in a  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here for 8 years and I absolutely hate it. This town is not built for all the people it has to accommodate. Everyone from the ENTIRE county comes here to do  More

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Lived here for 21 years since my family moved up from the valley (to get away from gang violence and other crime). Traffic doesn't pay attention constantly running  More

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