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Redwood City, CA vs Chandler, AZ

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Highlights
- Chandler spends 47.4% less per student than Redwood City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 7.8% lower in Chandler than in Redwood City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chandler had 6.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Redwood City
 Redwood City, CAChandler, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock23484573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%1.5%
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 Chandler    66 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Mesa is such a medium sized city but so big for it's size that even if you drive 20 minutes you still will be in Mesa. In West Mesa it's where all the services for  More

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As someone that has lived in Chandler nearly my whole life. I understand Chandler has it's fair share of problems in recent decades from affordability to certain areas  More

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I have grown up in Chandler for almost 25 years and left in 2012, used to live near downtown with apartments that were affordable on a minimum wage job, until i could  More

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