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Folsom, CA vs Modesto, CA

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Highlights
- Modesto spends 7.8% less per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% lower in Modesto than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Modesto had 10.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom

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 Folsom, CAModesto, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,240$14,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484$12,636$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,670$7,724$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.7521.9516.23
 Students per Librarian6321467624573
 Students per Counselor641729530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%7.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%8.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.7%83.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%26.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.7%19.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.9%3.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%0.7%1.5%

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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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Reviews for Modesto    35 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I was born and raised here (still currently live here) and there are some nice areas and not so nice areas. I really think we need to improve our community and create  More

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Over 3 years ago

It's fine. Lived here for over 10 years. Here's my breakdown. CONS: Crime rate: mostly on the westside, unless you live in better developed areas. Summer weather:  More

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I know this website is probably only for adults, which I am not, but I thought perhaps adults would like to hear a kid's perspective of things, you know, if any adult  More

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ZIPS IN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA
95630
ZIPS IN MODESTO, CALIFORNIA
95355 95350 95351 95358 95356 95354 95357

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