2024 Compare Cities Education:
Grass Valley, CA vs Elk Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Elk Grove spends 31.5% less per student than Grass Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.9% higher in Elk Grove than in Grass Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Elk Grove had 1.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grass Valley
 Grass Valley, CAElk Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$22,261$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,261$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,309$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.9722.7516.23
 Students per Librarian840263214573
 Students per Counselor433641530
 Grade School Educ.1.6%4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%4.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.5%90.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.8%25.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.8.0%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%37.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.4%1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  More

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Reviews for Elk Grove    15 Reviews

I grew up in the area around Elk Grove and it was a very small rural town up to the year 2000. We moved to ELk grove in 2009 and commuted to work in Sacramento. At  More

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Elk Grove is a very diverse city. A long time ago it use to be very white. Now the white population is about 40%, then next majority race are Asian, then Hispanic,  More

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Over 10 years ago

Our neighborhood is o.k. but it is expensive to live here and the air is oppressive during the summer when it gets hot for a week or more. Days over 95 and nights of 75.  More

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