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Chico, CA vs Rancho Mirage, CA

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- Rancho Mirage spends 0.8% less per student than Chico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.8% higher in Rancho Mirage than in Chico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Rancho Mirage had 0.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chico
 Chico, CARancho Mirage, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,296$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,014  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,941$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock249534573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.7%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 Rancho Mirage    3 Reviews

There are some commendable features in the city. The roads are in much better shape than surrounding towns. The road verge along city maintained streets has an  More

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Over 9 years ago

I received my property tax bill the other day. I was surprised to see it had increased by nearly two thousand dollars. I called the county and was told that the value of  More

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We chose Rancho Mirage for its centrality in the Inland Empire. With a populaltion under 20,000, it has a small community feel. However, it is surrounded by some  More

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