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

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 34.5% less per student than Somerville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 78.3% higher in Fresno than in Somerville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 13.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Somerville
 Somerville, MAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$19,196  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.99  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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