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Santa Rosa, CA vs Salem, OR

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Highlights
- Salem spends 1.3% more per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.4% lower in Salem than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Salem had 3.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa

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 Santa Rosa, CASalem, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,850$17,073$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921$12,350$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,508$7,552$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.8218.4416.23
 Students per Librarian142406454573
 Students per Counselor399353530
 Grade School Educ.8.1%5.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%6.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.5%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%25.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%30.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%1.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%1.4%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 Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 4 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
95403 95407 95404 95401 95409 95405
ZIPS IN SALEM, OREGON
97301 97302 97304 97306

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