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Orinda, CA vs Folsom, CA

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- Folsom spends 0.3% more per student than Orinda.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% higher in Folsom than in Orinda. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Orinda
 Orinda, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.6.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.87.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree13.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
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 16 years ago

Weather in Orinda is  More

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Over 17 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 Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 12 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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