2025 Compare Cities Education:
Monterey Park, CA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 12.6% less per student than Monterey Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Folsom than in Monterey Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 17.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Monterey Park
 Monterey Park, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Monterey Park    2 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I have lived and raised three children in Monterey Park since 1997. I chose to live here because it is a small and quiet town within range of busy LA. The city has a low  More

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Over 17 years ago

Monterey park is not a bad place to live especially if you are Asian, I'm not...but It's a safe area to live in, in L.A. only 8 minutes to downtown very close to  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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