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Folsom, CA vs Lakeland, TN

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- Lakeland spends 19.8% less per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 30.7% lower in Lakeland than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lakeland had 3.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom
 Folsom, CALakeland, TNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,225$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,030$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock9584573
 Students per Counselor641  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 11 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 13 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 Lakeland    4 Reviews

We moved to the Memphis area short of 4 years ago. I can't imagine living anywhere else in the world! We live in a gorgeous and friendly lake community that is a  More

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Been living here for 11 years and looking to relocate. Memphis/Cordova has been good to us for the past years, but it's time to move  More

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Over 16 years ago

Lakeland is a great place to live....10 minutes from anything you would want to do. Reasonably priced homes and excellent tax  More

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