2025 Compare Cities Education:
Collierville, TN vs Petaluma, CA

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Highlights
- Petaluma spends 37.8% more per student than Collierville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 32.1% higher in Petaluma than in Collierville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Petaluma had 5.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Collierville
 Collierville, TNPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,534  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor501  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Collierville    7 Reviews

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Over 10 years ago

Collierville is "The Best Small Town" in America, according to Parade Magazine 2014. It really is great. A lot of green space, walking trails, parks, etc. Everything  More

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Over 13 years ago

a great place to  More

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Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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