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Sonoma, CA vs Visalia, CA

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Highlights
- Visalia spends 13.0% less per student than Sonoma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.8% higher in Visalia than in Sonoma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Visalia had 7.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sonoma

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 Sonoma, CAVisalia, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,850$14,667$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921$12,754$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,508$7,603$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.8222.0316.23
 Students per Librarian14240944534573
 Students per Counselor399640530
 Grade School Educ.3.0%7.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%6.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.9%86.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.3%26.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%11.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.7%23.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.7%6.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.6%1.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.2%0.3%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 Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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ZIPS IN SONOMA, CALIFORNIA
95476
ZIPS IN VISALIA, CALIFORNIA
93291 93277 93292

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