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Folsom, CA vs Show Low, AZ

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- Show Low spends 17.2% less per student than Folsom.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.0% lower in Show Low than in Folsom. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Show Low had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Folsom
 Folsom, CAShow Low, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,613$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,484  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,479$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13344573
 Students per Counselor641  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Show Low    17 Reviews

Moved to maricopa az from Oregon because we Retired last year. Looked at all places in az to buy property. Found a piece if paradise land in white mountains az for cheep  More

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Over 4 years ago

We are so happy to live in Show Low where the outdoors is so beautiful and the people so kind. You could not find nicer neighbors. We are humble people who moved to  More

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I have had a few properties in the show low area that I have bought and sold because they did not work for me. I've met some very nice and helpful people. I work out of  More

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