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Pahrump, NV vs Folsom, CA

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- Folsom spends 17.1% more per student than Pahrump.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.1% higher in Folsom than in Pahrump. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 7.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pahrump
 Pahrump, NVFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,026  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor207  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.29.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Pahrump    28 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

There is so much new blood here and it's young. With the opening of Arby's, Chipotle, and maybe Dutch Brothers it's starting to feel a lot bigger than it used to. There  More

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Over 3 years ago

We moved to Pahrump about 7 years ago after our home in Las Vegas sold to the first couple looking at it, and we couldn't find a home there that we liked in our price  More

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Someone needs to update this information. Things have changed. The Town of Pahrump is making changes. No one wants negative comments about where they live, and the fact  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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