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2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fairfax, VA vs Sonora, CA

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Highlights
- Sonora spends 20.0% less per student than Fairfax.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is % in Sonora than in Fairfax. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sonora had % residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairfax
 Fairfax, VASonora, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,052$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,085  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,808$7,999
Pupil/Teacher Ratio 19.9616.23
Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 10 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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Reviews for Sonora    15 Reviews

I have lived in Sonora for two and a half years and love it. Some of the earlier reviews I read scared me before coming. Here is what we have found. We live in a  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here for 8 years and I absolutely hate it. This town is not built for all the people it has to accommodate. Everyone from the ENTIRE county comes here to do  More

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Lived here for 21 years since my family moved up from the valley (to get away from gang violence and other crime). Traffic doesn't pay attention constantly running  More

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