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Sonoma, CA vs Chico, CA

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Highlights
- Chico spends 8.5% less per student than Sonoma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.3% lower in Chico than in Sonoma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Sonoma

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 Sonoma, CAChico, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,850$15,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921$13,014$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,508$7,909$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.8220.3516.23
 Students per Librarian1424058434573
 Students per Counselor399455530
 Grade School Educ.3.0%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%3.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.9%93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%26.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.7%39.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.7%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%2.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Sonoma    12 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

I love Sonoma. Moved here from Texas and I can't wait to live in this small town with country living all around. I hate all the drama and crime in Vallejo. I live in  More

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I have lived in Sonoma for 3 years now. I relocated after a brief stint in Salt Lake City but lived in San Francisco for 30 years before that. If you like small town  More

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The best aspects of living in Sonoma County,CA: Air quality is best that one can ask for and there is no severe weather. No hazardous weather driving or walking  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 2 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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95476
ZIPS IN CHICO, CALIFORNIA
95926 95928 95973

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