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Folsom, CA vs Ripon, CA

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Highlights
- Ripon spends 5.9% less per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.6% higher in Ripon than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ripon had 1.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom

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 Folsom, CARipon, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,240$14,344$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484$12,386$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,670$7,464$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.7522.8816.23
 Students per Librarian6321234364573
 Students per Counselor641566530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%4.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.7%91.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%33.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%9.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.7%25.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.9%7.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%1.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%0.9%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 Ripon    6 Reviews

Ripon, CA. Is one of the finest small towns in the Central Valley. Very little crime, almost 100 cameras all over town that the Ripon P.D monitors, very slow growth,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived here for 17 years. We raised all three of our children here. Some of the schools are outdated and old fashion. Small town atmosphere. The city of Ripon works  More

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Coming home from work is like going on vacation. I cross the river into a larger city, Modesto,CA., to work daily. The hustle and bustle, rude drivers, etc., in  More

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95630
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