2024 Compare Cities Education:
Foster City, CA vs Birmingham, AL

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Highlights
- Birmingham spends 34.3% less per student than Foster City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% lower in Birmingham than in Foster City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Birmingham had 8.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Foster City
 Foster City, CABirmingham, ALUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,087$13,194$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457$11,144$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,271$6,493$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.7919.3216.23
 Students per Librarian80555474573
 Students per Counselor431417530
 Grade School Educ.2.3%3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%9.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.9%87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%22.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.8%8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.70.2%28.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.24.8%6.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree7.2%1.6%1.5%
Reviews for Foster City    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Built on lagoons, great climate, good schools, lots of soccer and other sports for kids, plenty of parking and  More

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Over 17 years ago

A great city to raise a family, safe, great weather around the year, good schools and plenty of recreation. But only if you can afford the hight cost of  More

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Landlords are able to command and receive high rent due to the following attributes: safety, weather and cleanliness of Foster City. The lagoon, waterways and gardens  More

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Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 4 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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