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Philadelphia, PA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 41.0% less per student than Philadelphia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 51.3% higher in Folsom than in Philadelphia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 7.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Philadelphia
 Philadelphia, PAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,192  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.04  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor408  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 11 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 13 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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