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Roseville, CA vs Los Altos, CA

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Highlights
- Los Altos spends 18.7% more per student than Roseville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% lower in Los Altos than in Roseville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Los Altos had 3.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Roseville
 Roseville, CALos Altos, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,263  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.76  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor676  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock2.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock35.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.2%1.5%
Reviews for Roseville    18 Reviews

Roseville, Ca is a nice place to live but you have to be able to afford it. It is at least 40% more expensive to live here than most places. It is cram packed with  More

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Cost of living is high and getting higher like everywhere else. I can't afford to live in CA anymore. People are nice  More

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Over 10 years ago

Roseville is an very nice small/medium sized city; a suburb of Sacramento, which is not (a nice city). Sacramento is a toilet. Roseville is clean, moderately  More

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Reviews for Los Altos    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Expensive but worth  More

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Over 17 years ago

the quality of life here is very high however the cost of living is also high. extremely high as a matter of fact. I'd like to look at other communities that are less  More

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