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Fairfield, CA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 9.1% more per student than Fairfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.1% lower in Folsom than in Fairfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 6.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairfield

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 Fairfield, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,968$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,346$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,685$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio2322.7516.23
 Students per Librarian625363214573
 Students per Counselor867641530
 Grade School Educ.6.6%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.87.4%92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.0%51.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.2%16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Fairfield    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I've lived here for 4 years. On the up side, housing is affordable. The downside, there is nothing to do here. The city lacks community events and an a nice downtown. We  More

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Over 9 years ago

I am finding out the cost of living here in Fairfield is way too high for my retirement. I am looking for a place where the cost of living is in line with my retirement  More

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Over 13 years ago

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 11 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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ZIPS IN FAIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA
94533 94534 94535
ZIPS IN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA
95630

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