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Colusa, CA vs Alturas, CA

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- Alturas spends 20.7% less per student than Colusa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.9% lower in Alturas than in Colusa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Alturas had 9.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Colusa
 Colusa, CAAlturas, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,486$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,619  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,554$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor489  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.15.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
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Reviews for Alturas    5 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Crime seems unreasonably high for this area. Shame. Guess there is no place void of California’s problems. Even way up in the North out in the  More

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I visited there years ago and camped at Blue Lake in the Warner Mts. This is America as it was in the 1950's, minus all our modern  More

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Over 14 years ago

I am considering buying an acreage north of Alturas, could anyone tell me what the water table is for drilling? I would appreciate it. Also are there alot of timber 8  More

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