2025 Compare Cities Education:
Somerville, MA vs Albany, CA

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Highlights
- Albany spends 24.5% less per student than Somerville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 80.2% higher in Albany than in Somerville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Albany had 5.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Somerville
 Somerville, MAAlbany, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,196  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock25.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock10.4%1.5%
Reviews for Somerville    3 Reviews

I've lived in Somerville/Cambridge for 10 years, the last 4.5 with my husband in Spring Hill. It really is a great place to live if you are in your 20s & 30s: it is  More

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Living in Somerville is OK. I'm not a 'city' person and I would rather be out in the country some place, but it's not too bad here. I'm in my early 50s and own a house.  More

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Over 17 years ago

we are midwest transplants to the Boston area and lucked out by finding this great little neighborhood - right on the train line, little stores and good community - we  More

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Reviews for Albany    4 Reviews

Albany is one of the best places to live not only in California but the USA. Niche 2023 has ranked Albany the number one suburb in California and is consistently in the  More

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Over 13 years ago

Like many places in the Bay Area, there are some mixed-race couples and gay couples in Albany. What is really striking, though, is the number of families where both  More

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Albany was originally built as a railroad workers' town. So the bad news is that nearly every house was originally two, or at most three, bedrooms with one bath, about  More

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