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Santa Rosa, CA vs Palo Cedro, CA

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- Palo Cedro spends 11.3% less per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% lower in Palo Cedro than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Palo Cedro had 12.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CAPalo Cedro, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,940$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,803$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock801424573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock16.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
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 Palo Cedro    3 Reviews

A good small community to live in overall. Not many of the homeless make it out that far from Redding so it has a better quality of life to it. All good school  More

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Over 12 years ago

I spent my entire childhood in Palo Cedro, and went to North Cow Creek School. By all accounts, it is still one of the top schools in the state. They have low teacher to  More

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Over 16 years ago

Good place to live, you get use to the heat in the summer and the rest of the year is great. What I could not get use to is the dust. It's just always dusty no matter  More

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