2025 Compare Cities Education:
Oakdale, CA vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Chico spends 9.7% more per student than Oakdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.3% lower in Chico than in Oakdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 10.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Oakdale
 Oakdale, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,636  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,909$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58434573
 Students per Counselor729  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.20.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Oakdale    3 Reviews

I have lived here for about 10 years. Except for rush hour traffic on F Street the area is relatively quiet. We are the "Gateway to Yosemite" in that both California  More

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Over 16 years ago

October through May are great months. It doesn't snow here, but the temp might drop to high 30's at night during the winter. During spring, we have some windy days with  More

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Over 18 years ago

We have lived in this community for 30 years. We have raised our children here. We like the area and the town. The town doesn't offer enough shopping but the close city  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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