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Boulder, CO vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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Highlights
- South Lake Tahoe spends 27.6% less per student than Boulder.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.0% higher in South Lake Tahoe than in Boulder. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 10.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder
 Boulder, COSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,130  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.11  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor213  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.76.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Boulder    55 Reviews

Outside of the university, Boulder had a very distinctive "wealthy hippy" feel. A lot of alternative medicine and a matching ethos. This is changing some among my  More

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We moved here from Texas about 4 years ago and love it here! The amazing sense of community and high regard for the environment are two of the main reasons we love  More

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Over 5 years ago

Most people do much worse than Boulder. I'm the most critical person I've ever met who is never happy or satisfied -- so that's a pretty huge compliment.   More

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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