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Chico, CA vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 14.4% less per student than Chico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.1% lower in Birmingham than in Chico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chico

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 Chico, CABirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,415$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,014$11,144$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,909$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.3519.3216.23
 Students per Librarian58435474573
 Students per Counselor455417530
 Grade School Educ.2.7%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.4%87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.2%8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%28.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%1.6%1.5%

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 2 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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ZIPS IN CHICO, CALIFORNIA
95926 95928 95973
ZIPS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
35215, 35211, 35205, 35235, 35206, 35208, 35212, 35204, 35207, 35222, 18 total

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