2025 Compare Cities Education:
Foster City, CA vs Castro Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Castro Valley spends 11.4% less per student than Foster City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.2% higher in Castro Valley than in Foster City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Castro Valley had 5.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Foster City
 Foster City, CACastro Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.70.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Foster City    4 Reviews

Over 17 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 18 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 Castro Valley    7 Reviews

CURMUDGEON - THANK YOU for your post. The most important part of your comment is your second paragraph. "Hodge-Podge" is the correct word for a lot of Castro  More

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Over 11 years ago

Kind of rural but close to Oakland and San  More

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Castro Valley is the largest unincorporated "city" in the Bay Area. Over the years, several attempts have been made to incorporate, but they have all been defeated at  More

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