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Boulder City, NV vs Oakland, CA

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Highlights
- Oakland spends 55.3% more per student than Boulder City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% lower in Oakland than in Boulder City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oakland had 11.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder City
 Boulder City, NVOakland, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Boulder City    4 Reviews

I'm an Air Force Veteran, born in New Jersey who left home at 18 and have live in at least 20 US towns and communities over the past fifty years. I moved out of Silicon  More

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Boulder City is all about Clean Green, but the only Dog Park in the city is all dirt. Henderson, NV and Las Vegas have multiple Grass dog parks. Boulder City has 3  More

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Over 18 years ago

All heavy truck traffic has been routed off the Hoover Dam since the 9-11 attacks due to national "infrastructure" security concerns and this has had the effect of  More

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Reviews for Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 5 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

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