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Jackson, WY vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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Highlights
- South Lake Tahoe spends 44.3% less per student than Jackson.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 104.9% higher in South Lake Tahoe than in Jackson. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Jackson

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 Jackson, WYSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,985$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,843$10,787$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$12,370$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.0222.5816.23
 Students per Librarian172106814573
 Students per Counselor227767530
 Grade School Educ.2.2%6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%6.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.1%87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.0%28.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.4.6%8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.54.8%27.9%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.9%4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.7%0.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Jackson    13 Reviews

I live in Jackson and I can tell you for sure it sucks. I'm currently a student in college so I don't bring in any income but my husband makes about 200,000 a year.....  More

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Over 3 years ago

What a rip-off!!! I had wanted to see Jackson, Wy for many years and found it to be very snooty. The motels were outrageously expensive. The entire city is  More

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Jackson, like so many other wealthy towns, is composed of the wealthy who made their money elsewhere and those who serve them. Those who serve are actually pretty nice  More

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 4 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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ZIPS IN JACKSON, WYOMING
83001
ZIPS IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA
96150

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