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Burlington, VT vs Gilroy, CA

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Highlights
- Gilroy spends 18.5% less per student than Burlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 71.6% higher in Gilroy than in Burlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gilroy had 9.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Burlington
 Burlington, VTGilroy, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,332  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor230  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Burlington    32 Reviews

The good: beautiful, safe, walkable downtown, outdoors nearby. The bad: the woke nonsense is overwhelming, winters are long and brutal, dating scene is beyond  More

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Having lived in the Burlington VT area for more than a decade, I wish I would have done my research before relocating. Yes, VT has some great draws- but the cons far out  More

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Over 8 years ago

If your a hippie you'll love Burlington! The grass is green all year round.  More

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Reviews for Gilroy    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I am in the process and figuring out where to move and I have been doing cost comparison, amoung other things, on different places. When will you be updating the tax  More

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Trust me, I love the ecosystem in Gilroy but the truth is that city as a whole does not care about its youth(nor the silicon vally in general but gilroy takes the  More

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Over 19 years ago

Since moving to Gilory six years ago, I've really fallen in love with the small town atmoshpere. I communte 30 minutes to San Jose along with my kids every day. That  More

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