2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mount Shasta, CA vs Truckee, CA

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Highlights
- Truckee spends 49.8% more per student than Mount Shasta.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.3% higher in Truckee than in Mount Shasta. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Truckee had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Shasta
 Mount Shasta, CATruckee, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,777  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock84024573
 Students per Counselor600  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.36.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Mount Shasta    2 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I have lived here for 4 years. Though I love the beauty of the mountain and the surrounding wilderness, I find Mount Shasta very difficult to live in. Food is about 20%  More

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I have lived in Siskiyou County for 24 years and Mount Shasta is by far the most enjoyable place I have lived thus far. It is a very tolerant community and culturally  More

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Reviews for Truckee    3 Reviews

I came to Truckee California about a month prior to this Covid-19 pandemic, to relocate here. Due to this unfortunate circumstance I was temporarily laid off  More

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I moved to Truckee with my soon-to-be ex-wife and two sons in June 2012 and left Truckee in June 2015 with only my sons. My wife got drawn into what I later learned  More

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Yes, it costs more to live in California. And you don't get paid more necessarily if you live in the mountains- but there are some great jobs here if you have the right  More

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