2024 Compare Cities Education:
Carlsbad, CA vs Visalia, CA

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Highlights
- Visalia spends 10.3% less per student than Carlsbad.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.7% lower in Visalia than in Carlsbad. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Visalia had 9.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carlsbad
 Carlsbad, CAVisalia, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,358$14,667$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161$12,754$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,084$7,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.6522.0316.23
 Students per Librarian18744944534573
 Students per Counselor513640530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%6.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.2%86.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%26.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.7%11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%23.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.4%6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Carlsbad    38 Reviews

I've lived in Carlsbad (92008) for 8 years now and really appreciate all that it has to offer. Yes, ALL of San Diego County is expensive, but Carlsbad has [possibly]  More

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Over 3 years ago

Carlson has the worst winters. It averages about 10 meters of snow per week. Every shop is  More

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Ok, I get it, the climate is mild and tolerable but even that is over-rated when you consider how many cloudy days there are in this town. The sun coming out at 3 and  More

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Reviews for Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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