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Mount Vernon, IA vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe spends 27.3% less per student than Mount Vernon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 53.6% higher in South Lake Tahoe than in Mount Vernon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 6.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Vernon
 Mount Vernon, IASouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,730  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor365  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Mount Vernon    1 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

No culture or restaurants that have real food-not frozen, lower class people with no manners, angry and like to run you over with no thought in  More

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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