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Scotts Valley, CA vs Redwood City, CA

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Highlights
- Redwood City spends 22.8% more per student than Scotts Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.4% lower in Redwood City than in Scotts Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Redwood City had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Scotts Valley
 Scotts Valley, CARedwood City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,552  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.1%1.5%
Reviews for Scotts Valley    4 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

We lived and worked in Scotts Valley for a number of years. It's a nice enough city, safe and clean unlike some areas of Santa Cruz. It's well managed and the schools  More

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Over 7 years ago

Great weather and small town feel but it is changing rapidly  More

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Over 11 years ago

Scotts Valley is an ideal, small town with many wonderful features. It's just 10 minutes from the beaches in nearby Santa Cruz yet doesn't get the wet fog because it's  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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