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Jackson, CA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 40.1% more per student than Jackson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.5% higher in Folsom than in Jackson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Jackson

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 Jackson, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,880$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,176$12,484$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,149$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.0422.7516.23
 Students per Librarian063214573
 Students per Counselor374641530
 Grade School Educ.1.5%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%5.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.8%92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.4%18.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.9.9%9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.3%51.7%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.6%16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%2.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Jackson    5 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I live 16 miles outta Jackson and we get 4 or 5 inches of snow in Jan and Feb so  More

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Over 16 years ago

Volcano is a charming town in the California gold country, population 100 people. One hotel, one bar, off the beaten path. It is above the fog and below the snow. Once a  More

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Over 17 years ago

Jackson, California is a great place to live for retirees. The city and country police and the highway patrol are all over this place. Also, there's all kinds of  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 9 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 11 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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95642
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95630

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