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Garden Grove, CA vs Castro Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Castro Valley spends 16.4% more per student than Garden Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% lower in Castro Valley than in Garden Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Castro Valley had 20.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Garden Grove
 Garden Grove, CACastro Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 9 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 14 years ago

This is a very informative  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 12 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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