2025 Compare Cities Education:
Corte Madera, CA vs Petaluma, CA

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Highlights
- Petaluma spends 20.2% less per student than Corte Madera.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% higher in Petaluma than in Corte Madera. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Petaluma had 9.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Corte Madera
 Corte Madera, CAPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,962  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor508  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.74.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree13.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Corte Madera    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Close to the freeway, so easy commute. Beautiful bike/hiking trails and view of Mt Tam. But $4000/mo for a 3 bdrm apartment is a little  More

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Over 13 years ago

Great  More

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Over 19 years ago

Corte Madera has the convenience of shopping and urban lifestyle combined with nature wonderful weather hiking trails bike paths that make the quality of living there  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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