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Folsom, CA vs Peru, IN

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- Peru spends 30.0% less per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.2% lower in Peru than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Peru had 6.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom
 Folsom, CAPeru, INUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,674$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6004573
 Students per Counselor641  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.6%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.  Unlock4.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.2%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 Peru    8 Reviews

Snowy cold weather like the north with inbred hillbillies like the south. This town is truly the worst of both worlds. Dumb, uneducated white trash is the norm, not the  More

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It's a small northern Indiana town. That's pretty much all you can say. I can't speak for the city schools, but my experience at Maconaquah was good, especially after  More

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Over 7 years ago

PERU IS A GREAT PLACE...NOT SO GREAT THO IF YOU ARE YOUNG AND LOOKING FOR A HIGH PAYING JOB...WE ARE ALMOST RETIRED...ITS A LAYED BACK TOWN...WITH ONE DYING EXPENSIVE  More

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