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Canton, TX vs Alturas, CA

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Highlights
- Alturas spends 13.1% more per student than Canton.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.8% higher in Alturas than in Canton. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alturas had 5.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Canton
 Canton, TXAlturas, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,486$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,875  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,554$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.98  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor346  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Canton    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

The "true" population of Canton, Texas is probably no more than about  More

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Over 18 years ago

Hi, I am the Economic Dev. Director for the City of Canton Texas and I just wanted you all to know that your population is wrong we had a study done and completed for  More

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Reviews for Alturas    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Crime seems unreasonably high for this area. Shame. Guess there is no place void of California’s problems. Even way up in the North out in the  More

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I visited there years ago and camped at Blue Lake in the Warner Mts. This is America as it was in the 1950's, minus all our modern  More

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Over 15 years ago

I am considering buying an acreage north of Alturas, could anyone tell me what the water table is for drilling? I would appreciate it. Also are there alot of timber 8  More

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