2025 Compare Cities Education:
San Fernando, CA vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Chico spends 11.6% less per student than San Fernando.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.9% lower in Chico than in San Fernando. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 46.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to San Fernando
 San Fernando, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,909$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58434573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.17.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.14.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for San Fernando    8 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

ITS NICE AND PEACEFUL AREA, WITH A GOOD  More

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To start off with this entry is for the City of San Fernando not the San Fernando Valley as whole. I wish people talking about the Valley as a whole and the many  More

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I have lived in the San Fernando Valley practically my entire life. This is a part of Los Angeles that is far enough from the bustling downtown areas yet still with  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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