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Brighton, CO vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 2.7% more per student than Brighton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.9% higher in Folsom than in Brighton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 6.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Brighton
 Brighton, COFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,298  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.67  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor324  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.22.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Brighton    2 Reviews

I bought a house in Adams County Colorado found out that the same family had built my house and the house next door and shared the driveway the realestat agents told me  More

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Over 15 years ago

My name is Sandra I use to live in Eagle Pass until I got married and move to Colorado.I go and visit my parents once or twice a year they live in Chula Vista  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 12 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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