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Placentia, CA vs Minden, NV

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- Minden spends 22.7% less per student than Placentia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.5% lower in Minden than in Placentia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Minden had 10.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Placentia
 Placentia, CAMinden, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,803$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,251$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5384573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Placentia    6 Reviews

I lived in that city for almost 10 years and recently found out that both their city government and their police force are blocking people from leaving bad reviews of  More

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Over 14 years ago

PLACENTIA IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. BEEN HERE SINCE 1980. EASY ACCESS TO FREEWAYS, PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES AROUND FOR EMPLOYMENT. NEARBY--GOLF  More

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Over 15 years ago

If you rent, Placentia's not bad. I haven't noticed too much crime but there are quite a few reasonable apartments. Being close to a California State School has its  More

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Reviews for Minden    3 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Moved here to escape traffic and stress UNBELIEVABLE VIEWS! Love the people and quality of  More

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Over 17 years ago

We moved from Southern California (suburbs of LA) almost 3 years ago to get away from the bad traffic and too many people. We thought Northern Nevada was the perfect  More

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The Carson Valley is a beautiful place to live. Lake Tahoe 20 min. away. Snow skiing 20 min. away. Summers are great mostly in the 90s. and dry. Mountains suround the  More

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