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Columbus, OH vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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Highlights
- South Lake Tahoe spends 30.6% less per student than Columbus.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.6% higher in South Lake Tahoe than in Columbus. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 3.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbus
 Columbus, OHSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,310  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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