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Mercer Island, WA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 24.1% less per student than Mercer Island.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.8% higher in Folsom than in Mercer Island. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 5.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mercer Island
 Mercer Island, WAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.53  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.77.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Mercer Island    4 Reviews

Mercer Island is a wonderful family community. It feels much more "small town" than a city even though it has a population of 20,000+. People say hello and watch out  More

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Mercer Island is a suburb of Seattle, located on an island in Lake Washington. The best thing about Mercer Island is its strategically central location relative to the  More

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Mercer Island is a suburb of Seattle, located on an island in Lake Washington. The best thing about Mercer Island is its strategically central location relative to the  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 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 12 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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