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Redwood City, CA vs Barstow, CA

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Highlights
- Barstow spends 27.0% less per student than Redwood City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 14.9% higher in Barstow than in Redwood City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Barstow had 6.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Redwood City

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 Redwood City, CABarstow, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,087$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457$13,060$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,271$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.7922.7416.23
 Students per Librarian8055131664573
 Students per Counselor431531530
 Grade School Educ.6.3%4.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%12.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.7%83.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%34.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.6%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%11.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.7%3.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%0.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree6.1%0.1%1.5%

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Reviews for Redwood City    11 Reviews

(Caveating everything with "it's Bay Area prices") Redwood City is a large sprawling town where you can find just about anything you're looking for. There's great  More

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The entire Bay Area is ridiculous. You can't compare it to other areas. RWC is reasonably cheap for the area. I pay $5K for a rental townhouse in one of the many  More

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Lovely weather. Safe place to live (I live in Redwood Shores). The only thing that keeps this place from being 5 stars is the cost of housing. When you have to pay an  More

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Reviews for Barstow    14 Reviews

Mike · 

The positive of Barstow- yes there is something positive that can be said about Barstow. At least it's not as bad as South Lake Tahoe. The only reason it gets 2 stars  More

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Over 6 years ago

Just a place to travel thru. Cheap alternative to LA suburbs, about 70 miles or Palm Springs. It is in high Mojave desert, hot in the summer, 100-110, can get down  More

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Be careful is all I can say. I moved there with the focus to buy a home the investor Cliff Unegbu AKA Clifford Unegbu will rip off as many people as he can and use  More

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ZIPS IN REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA
94061 94063 94062 94065
ZIPS IN BARSTOW, CALIFORNIA
92311 92347 92327

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