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Folsom, CA vs Castro Valley, CA

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- Castro Valley spends 16.7% more per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.0% lower in Castro Valley than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Castro Valley had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom
 Folsom, CACastro Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor641  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 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 12 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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Reviews for Castro Valley    7 Reviews

CURMUDGEON - THANK YOU for your post. The most important part of your comment is your second paragraph. "Hodge-Podge" is the correct word for a lot of Castro  More

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Over 11 years ago

Kind of rural but close to Oakland and San  More

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Castro Valley is the largest unincorporated "city" in the Bay Area. Over the years, several attempts have been made to incorporate, but they have all been defeated at  More

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