2025 Compare Cities Education:
Rio Vista, CA vs Gilroy, CA

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Highlights
- Gilroy spends 31.7% more per student than Rio Vista.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.1% lower in Gilroy than in Rio Vista. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gilroy had 10.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Rio Vista
 Rio Vista, CAGilroy, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,346  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor867  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock83.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.38.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Rio Vista    2 Reviews

Known as “the Gateway to the Delta”, Rio Vista is located in the heart of the California Delta on the Sacramento River. The views along the wide river bring to mind the  More

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There is plenty to be had in Rio Vista, particularly if you like dead animal heads on a bar wall (Fosters Big Horn) and a state of the art fish cleaning station located  More

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Reviews for Gilroy    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

I am in the process and figuring out where to move and I have been doing cost comparison, amoung other things, on different places. When will you be updating the tax  More

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Trust me, I love the ecosystem in Gilroy but the truth is that city as a whole does not care about its youth(nor the silicon vally in general but gilroy takes the  More

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Over 19 years ago

Since moving to Gilory six years ago, I've really fallen in love with the small town atmoshpere. I communte 30 minutes to San Jose along with my kids every day. That  More

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