2025 Compare Cities Education:
Carson City, NV vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 99.5% more per student than Carson City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.9% lower in Sunnyvale than in Carson City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 6.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carson City
 Carson City, NVSunnyvale, 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.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%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 Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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