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Folsom, CA vs Gresham, OR

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Highlights
- Gresham spends 28.4% more per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.2% lower in Gresham than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gresham had 5.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom
 Folsom, CAGresham, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,240$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484$14,240$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,670$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.7517.2516.23
 Students per Librarian63216144573
 Students per Counselor641299530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%5.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.7%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%27.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.7%23.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.9%6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%1.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%0.7%1.5%
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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Reviews for Gresham    4 Reviews

First, EVERYTHING is close and conveniently located. Second, there is NO sales tax, so a $1.99 burger is $1.99. You don't have to figure out the tax on anything. Third,  More

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Over 18 years ago

Beware of the I-Tax. It is costly. Not to mention if you are new to the area the I-Tax reflects on the entire Multnomah County area. Even if you rent you  More

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Over 18 years ago

there are more than 2 months of summer there, lived there my whole  More

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