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San Rafael, CA vs Redwood City, CA

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Highlights
- Redwood City spends 4.9% less per student than San Rafael.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.3% lower in Redwood City than in San Rafael. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Redwood City had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to San Rafael

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 San Rafael, CARedwood City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$21,111$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,962$15,457$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$9,450$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.8419.7916.23
 Students per Librarian414180554573
 Students per Counselor508431530
 Grade School Educ.9.4%6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.4%88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%14.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.2%5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%52.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.0%15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%4.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.9%6.1%1.5%

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Reviews for San Rafael    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

San Rafael is only 30 minutes from downtown San Francisco, but the weather is completely different. It's sunny most of the year, including in the summer when the city  More

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Over 14 years ago

I feal very safe in this town. I think getting stopped for talking on your cell phone while driving is a big deal here. Thats about all I can  More

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Over 16 years ago

Cost of living too high. Unfriendly  More

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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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ZIPS IN SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA
94901 94903 94964
ZIPS IN REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA
94061 94063 94062 94065

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