2025 Compare Cities Education:
Petaluma, CA vs Carson City, NV

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Highlights
- Carson City spends 45.3% less per student than Petaluma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.2% higher in Carson City than in Petaluma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carson City had 3.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Petaluma
 Petaluma, CACarson City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,224$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,732$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock21784573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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Reviews for Carson City    15 Reviews

Visited on and off over the years. It is actually green in the surrounding areas, right in town it lacks good green planning. Being so close to Carson and Tahoe,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'd give Carson City a zero if I could. Simply, there's nothing to do here except drink and gamble. Sure, Tahoe seems close, but the vibrant part is about 40 minutes  More

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Carson City, Nevada is a wonderful place to raise a family and/or retire. We raised our two youngest children here and now we are retired, after moving to CC 21 years  More

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