2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chico, CA vs San Rafael, CA

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Highlights
- San Rafael spends 37.0% more per student than Chico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.5% lower in San Rafael than in Chico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Rafael had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chico
 Chico, CASan Rafael, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,111$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,014  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,450$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock41414573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%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 San Rafael    7 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

San Rafael is only 30 minutes from downtown San Francisco, but the weather is completely different. It's sunny most of the year, including in the summer when the city  More

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Over 15 years ago

I feal very safe in this town. I think getting stopped for talking on your cell phone while driving is a big deal here. Thats about all I can  More

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Over 17 years ago

Cost of living too high. Unfriendly  More

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