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Bow Mar, CO vs Irvine, CA

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Highlights
- Irvine spends 0.3% more per student than Bow Mar.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.3% higher in Irvine than in Bow Mar. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Irvine had 1.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bow Mar
 Bow Mar, COIrvine, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,429  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor353  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree12.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.6%1.5%
Reviews for Bow Mar    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Total is higher than I thought at 4.35%. (2.9% State, 1.0% RTD (transport), .25% County, .10% Cultural District, and .10% Fire District. That equals 4.35% not the 8.1%  More

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Over 13 years ago

The city of Bow Mar has no sales tax. State and County sales taxes are no more the 3.75% An 8.1% sales tax rate is pure  More

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Over 19 years ago

Boulder's reputation as having one of the best schools in the world(#11), and being several times rated as the #1 Party school, gives an awful lot of irony and possibly  More

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Reviews for Irvine    42 Reviews

We've lived in Irvine since '87. We have raised two children within the ISUD. Both are grown up. Sure, there have been many changes since then.. the City has  More

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I've lived in Irvine for 2 years and in Orange County for 10 so I'm pretty familiar with the area by now and all it has to offer. Perhaps my review of this place has  More

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I wouldn't live elsewhere. I originally moved to Irvine in 2002 from the Midwest, not knowing what it even was. I left and moved around a great deal locally in OC,  More

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