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Chevy Chase, MD vs Sunnyvale, CA

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Highlights
- Sunnyvale spends 6.8% less per student than Chevy Chase.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 58.4% higher in Sunnyvale than in Chevy Chase. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 6.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chevy Chase
 Chevy Chase, MDSunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.1.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.93.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree32.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%1.5%
Reviews for Chevy Chase    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Overall an nice place to live if you don't mind bad traffic. Though Chevy Chase is a close-in suburb, traffic can make traveling short distances by car very taxing.   More

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Over 17 years ago

Chevy Chase is great because it offers neighborhoods and parks and is only about 5 miles from the center of DC. While it looks like a quiet place, the pace of life is  More

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Over 18 years ago

CC MD -- great schools, neighborhoods, highly community active -- the state and county does a great job on services. But the identity is to Wash, DC. This is a place  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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