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Castro Valley, CA vs Redwood City, CA

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- Redwood City spends 12.9% more per student than Castro Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% lower in Redwood City than in Castro Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Redwood City had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Castro Valley

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 Castro Valley, CARedwood City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,788$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323$15,457$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,104$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.6119.7916.23
 Students per Librarian955580554573
 Students per Counselor603431530
 Grade School Educ.5.2%6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.0%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%14.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%52.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.5%15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%6.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Castro Valley    7 Reviews

CURMUDGEON - THANK YOU for your post. The most important part of your comment is your second paragraph. "Hodge-Podge" is the correct word for a lot of Castro  More

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Over 10 years ago

Kind of rural but close to Oakland and San  More

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Castro Valley is the largest unincorporated "city" in the Bay Area. Over the years, several attempts have been made to incorporate, but they have all been defeated at  More

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Reviews for Redwood City    11 Reviews

(Caveating everything with "it's Bay Area prices") Redwood City is a large sprawling town where you can find just about anything you're looking for. There's great  More

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The entire Bay Area is ridiculous. You can't compare it to other areas. RWC is reasonably cheap for the area. I pay $5K for a rental townhouse in one of the many  More

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Lovely weather. Safe place to live (I live in Redwood Shores). The only thing that keeps this place from being 5 stars is the cost of housing. When you have to pay an  More

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ZIPS IN CASTRO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
94546 94552
ZIPS IN REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA
94061 94063 94062 94065

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