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Chico, CA vs Goldendale, WA

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- Goldendale spends 10.1% more per student than Chico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.7% lower in Goldendale than in Chico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Goldendale had 3.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chico
 Chico, CAGoldendale, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,976$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,014  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,753$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock249774573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock1.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.3%1.5%
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 3 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 Goldendale    5 Reviews

GOLDENDALE is loved by a very select, elite, and religious group. I withhold using labels to describe the mentality of Goldendale, but can describe the hostile treatment  More

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Read the two reviews before I made this commentary. The reviews submitted so far are from locals who have survived some economic hard times in the area. Both of these  More

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I have lived here all of my 34 years and its has been a great place to live, raise a family, have what fun there is to have and just to relax. A beautiful place for the  More

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