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Boston, MA vs Alturas, CA

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- Alturas spends 57.5% less per student than Boston.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.7% higher in Alturas than in Boston. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alturas had 0.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boston
 Boston, MAAlturas, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,486$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$23,918  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,554$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.25  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor567  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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Reviews for Alturas    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Crime seems unreasonably high for this area. Shame. Guess there is no place void of California’s problems. Even way up in the North out in the  More

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I visited there years ago and camped at Blue Lake in the Warner Mts. This is America as it was in the 1950's, minus all our modern  More

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Over 14 years ago

I am considering buying an acreage north of Alturas, could anyone tell me what the water table is for drilling? I would appreciate it. Also are there alot of timber 8  More

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