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Discovery Bay, CA vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Chico spends 1.5% more per student than Discovery Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% lower in Chico than in Discovery Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Discovery Bay
 Discovery Bay, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,909$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58434573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Discovery Bay    4 Reviews

Discovery Bay is a hidden gem on the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, which combines the best of suburban and rural living. It is 10 minutes from Brentwood, 25 minutes from  More

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Over 13 years ago

Discovery Bay is a small surburb between Antioch, Ca. and Tracy, Ca. right next to Brentwood, Ca. It's perfectly located for easy traveling to bigger cities. Perfect for  More

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Discovery Bay has access to boating and fishing. A majority of the houses have back yards on the water. There is nothing better than a relaxing day on the water when  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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