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Redwood City, CA vs Irvine, CA

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Highlights
- Irvine spends 23.9% less per student than Redwood City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.3% higher in Irvine than in Redwood City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Irvine had 8.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Redwood City

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 Redwood City, CAIrvine, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,087$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457$12,911$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,271$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.7923.2116.23
 Students per Librarian8055163834573
 Students per Counselor431595530
 Grade School Educ.6.3%2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%1.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.7%96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%13.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.6%6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%68.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.7%20.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%5.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree6.1%4.6%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 Irvine    42 Reviews

We've lived in Irvine since '87. We have raised two children within the ISUD. Both are grown up. Sure, there have been many changes since then.. the City has  More

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I've lived in Irvine for 2 years and in Orange County for 10 so I'm pretty familiar with the area by now and all it has to offer. Perhaps my review of this place has  More

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I wouldn't live elsewhere. I originally moved to Irvine in 2002 from the Midwest, not knowing what it even was. I left and moved around a great deal locally in OC,  More

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ZIPS IN REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA
94061 94063 94062 94065
ZIPS IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
92620 92618 92612 92604 92602 92614 92606 92603 92617

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