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Folsom, CA vs Santa Clara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Clara spends 20.7% more per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.1% lower in Santa Clara than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Clara had 1.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom

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 Folsom, CASanta Clara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,240$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484$14,141$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,670$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.7521.5916.23
 Students per Librarian632165284573
 Students per Counselor641646530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%3.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.7%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%12.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%6.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.7%63.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.16.9%24.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%2.5%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.0%5.5%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 Santa Clara    14 Reviews

Larry · 

Santa Clara, CA and the city government are great. The city has been for the most part very good to me. I grew up in Santa Clara and now that I have been away for two  More

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I have lived in Santa Clara California most of my life so I consider myself to be an expert. The climate is wonderful. The price of housing is way above the national  More

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Over 9 years ago

Good Central Park and activities; City-owned power company provides lower cost power; home to many high-tech companies; city is  More

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ZIPS IN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA
95630
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95051 95050 95054 95053

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