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Murrieta, CA vs Vallejo, CA

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Highlights
- Vallejo spends 8.7% less per student than Murrieta.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% lower in Vallejo than in Murrieta. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vallejo had 5.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Murrieta
 Murrieta, CAVallejo, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,968$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,685$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.36  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62534573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.30.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Murrieta    39 Reviews

Paul · 
Over 2 years ago

Very expensive to rent here. Many apartments in Murrieta charge as much as $2,300 for a single bedroom. But this is California, so maybe it’s cheaper than LA or Orange  More

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I moved here for my wife's job. It's a cookie cutter middle class community that costs 2-3 times as much as Texas. Homes aren't custom. They are tract homes on small  More

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George · 

A great place to live and raise a family. It’s a quintessential bedroom community. Very safe. Violent crime is a rarity here. Property crime is very low here too.  More

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Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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