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Santa Rosa, CA vs Foster City, CA

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Highlights
- Foster City spends 19.2% more per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% lower in Foster City than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Foster City had 12.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa

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 Santa Rosa, CAFoster City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,850$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921$15,457$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,508$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.8219.7916.23
 Students per Librarian1424080554573
 Students per Counselor399431530
 Grade School Educ.8.1%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%1.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.5%95.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%11.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%5.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%70.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%24.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%3.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%7.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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Reviews for Foster City    4 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Built on lagoons, great climate, good schools, lots of soccer and other sports for kids, plenty of parking and  More

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Over 17 years ago

A great city to raise a family, safe, great weather around the year, good schools and plenty of recreation. But only if you can afford the hight cost of  More

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Landlords are able to command and receive high rent due to the following attributes: safety, weather and cleanliness of Foster City. The lagoon, waterways and gardens  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
95403 95407 95404 95401 95409 95405
ZIPS IN FOSTER CITY, CALIFORNIA
94404

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