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Red Bluff, CA vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe spends 20.7% less per student than Red Bluff.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.8% higher in South Lake Tahoe than in Red Bluff. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 0.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Red Bluff
 Red Bluff, CASouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,233  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor446  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.12.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Red Bluff    8 Reviews

I grew up in this town and when I moved away - out of CA, living all across the US - I could not believe how much kinder people were in every other state and city that I  More

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Over 10 years ago

I grew up in this beautiful little town. It is located on the Sacramento River with the river coming right through the town. I don't live there anymore but have family  More

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Red Bluff,,, I was forced to move there when I married my husband. I begged to move to a real Californian town, such as San Diego. But No... Red Neck had to move home  More

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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