2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carson City, NV vs San Jose, CA

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Highlights
- San Jose spends 99.5% more per student than Carson City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% lower in San Jose than in Carson City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Jose had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carson City
 Carson City, NVSan Jose, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,679  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor877  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.8%1.5%
Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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Reviews for San Jose    90 Reviews

I've lived in west San Jose/Cambrian, between Los Gatos and Almaden SJ since 1997. This side of town somehow avoided the erosion of the American dream. Houses are  More

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I lived in San Jose for 40 years. That’s during the most exciting time when the Silicon Valley was booming with real technology and San Jose was ranked as the safest big  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in San Jose, CA for 25 years. This city is being over run with crime and gangs. The cost of living is very high. Granted, you are so close to mountains,  More

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