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Carson City, NV vs Tahoe Vista, CA

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Highlights
- Tahoe Vista spends 68.1% more per student than Carson City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% lower in Tahoe Vista than in Carson City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tahoe Vista had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Carson City
 Carson City, NVTahoe Vista, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,501$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,679  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,990$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock180574573
 Students per Counselor877  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock1.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock20.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%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 Tahoe Vista    3 Reviews

This mountain neighborhood is minutes from Northstar At Tahoe or in the opposite direction, minutes from Lake Tahoe. Tahoe Vista is located on the north shore of Lake  More

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Over 13 years ago

Amazing place to live. I moved here in high school and everyone was super kind and treated me with the nicest attitude. No cliques, kind of, which is way different from  More

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Over 18 years ago

If you've ever visited then you know there's no place like it on earth. The best of winter activities: skiing, snowboarding, snow shoeing, sledding and the list goes  More

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