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Kelseyville, CA vs Petaluma, CA

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- Petaluma spends 14.6% more per student than Kelseyville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% lower in Petaluma than in Kelseyville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Petaluma had 22.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Kelseyville
 Kelseyville, CAPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,596  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.89  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.9.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Kelseyville    3 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

In my opinion I'd give another star but I'll be reasonable. The natural beauty and lack of city traffic adds to the desire. The economy is iffy, criminal activity  More

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Over 17 years ago

Beautiful, clean blue sky. A bit warm by day, e.g. mid 90's for July, August, but cool  More

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Over 18 years ago

The town of Kelseyville is located in Lake County, California. It's a bout 2.5 hours north of San Francisco, and about an 1.5 hours north of Napa. Napa Valley -  More

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Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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