2025 Compare Cities Education:
Sonora, CA vs Dayton, NV

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Highlights
- Dayton spends 17.6% less per student than Sonora.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.7% lower in Dayton than in Sonora. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Dayton had 3.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sonora
 Sonora, CADayton, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,580$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,803  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,936$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.96  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6374573
 Students per Counselor721  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock15.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%1.5%
Reviews for Sonora    15 Reviews

I have lived in Sonora for two and a half years and love it. Some of the earlier reviews I read scared me before coming. Here is what we have found. We live in a  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have lived here for 8 years and I absolutely hate it. This town is not built for all the people it has to accommodate. Everyone from the ENTIRE county comes here to do  More

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Lived here for 21 years since my family moved up from the valley (to get away from gang violence and other crime). Traffic doesn't pay attention constantly running  More

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Reviews for Dayton    4 Reviews

We moved from Klamath Falls, OR, where we lived for 14 yrs. and was one of the friendliest towns I've experienced, to Dayton in 2019. Priced out of the housing markets  More

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Over 4 years ago

Do yourself a huge favor before you decide to live here, and visit during both summer and winter. Don't rely on the lying locals that tell you how mild the winters are  More

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Over 10 years ago

After retiring from California we searched from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Arizona and Nevada and we settled in Dayton Nevada. It is a wonderful small town just 11+  More

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