2025 Compare Cities Education:
Columbus, OH vs Oakdale, CA

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Highlights
- Oakdale spends 16.6% less per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.0% higher in Oakdale than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oakdale had 6.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus
 Columbus, OHOakdale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,724$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock467624573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 2 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 3 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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Reviews for Oakdale    3 Reviews

I have lived here for about 10 years. Except for rush hour traffic on F Street the area is relatively quiet. We are the "Gateway to Yosemite" in that both California  More

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Over 16 years ago

October through May are great months. It doesn't snow here, but the temp might drop to high 30's at night during the winter. During spring, we have some windy days with  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have lived in this community for 30 years. We have raised our children here. We like the area and the town. The town doesn't offer enough shopping but the close city  More

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