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Orinda, CA vs Berkeley, CA

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Highlights
- Berkeley spends 17.1% more per student than Orinda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.7% lower in Berkeley than in Orinda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Berkeley had 2.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Orinda

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 Orinda, CABerkeley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,192$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448$13,323$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,565$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.2121.6116.23
 Students per Librarian751895554573
 Students per Counselor584603530
 Grade School Educ.0.6%2.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.6%1.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.8%96.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.8%11.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.3.0%4.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.0%73.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.22.9%23.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree13.7%7.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree9.1%9.8%1.5%

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Reviews for Orinda    3 Reviews

Orinda is an extremely safe, quiet, bucolic place to live. The schools are incredible, parent participation is maximal. It's close to everything and yet has a feeling of  More

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Over 15 years ago

Weather in Orinda is  More

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Over 16 years ago

Being ranked the number one public high school system in California says little for this small rural upscale community. With a high percentage of college graduates with  More

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Reviews for Berkeley    14 Reviews

Have lived in Berkeley for about 35 years now. Housing/Real Estate: If you're looking to move here, $1,000,000 will get you a small cottage in the "flats". Most of  More

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Over 11 years ago

We have the best climate -- summers and winters are mild. Lots of  More

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Over 13 years ago

The 60's have left Berkeley and now it is about MONEY...and the people there have plenty of it and nice hybrid cars (looks like 2 per household) and with a great bicycle  More

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94563
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94704 94703 94702 94705 94707 94709 94708 94710 94720

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