2025 Compare Cities Education:
Minden, NV vs Sacramento, CA

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Highlights
- Sacramento spends 29.1% more per student than Minden.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 73.4% higher in Sacramento than in Minden. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sacramento had 12.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Minden
 Minden, NVSacramento, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,750  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.12  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor336  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Minden    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Moved here to escape traffic and stress UNBELIEVABLE VIEWS! Love the people and quality of  More

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Over 17 years ago

We moved from Southern California (suburbs of LA) almost 3 years ago to get away from the bad traffic and too many people. We thought Northern Nevada was the perfect  More

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The Carson Valley is a beautiful place to live. Lake Tahoe 20 min. away. Snow skiing 20 min. away. Summers are great mostly in the 90s. and dry. Mountains suround the  More

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Reviews for Sacramento    117 Reviews

It is easy to say negative things about Sacramento as we have many problems that are common throughout California. Crime & homelessness rates are high here. Housing is  More

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High, high crime rate and car theft capitol of the country. Everyone knows someone who’s had their car stolen or have had their own car stolen. Sacramento’s violent  More

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The city is very mixed. I will start off by saying it has some excellent historical and educational sites to look at. It is a contractual obligation that you look at the  More

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