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South Lake Tahoe, CA vs Boulder City, NV

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- Boulder City spends 2.0% less per student than South Lake Tahoe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.9% lower in Boulder City than in South Lake Tahoe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Boulder City had 9.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to South Lake Tahoe
 South Lake Tahoe, CABoulder City, NVUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,787  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,642$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock7284573
 Students per Counselor767  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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Reviews for Boulder City    4 Reviews

I'm an Air Force Veteran, born in New Jersey who left home at 18 and have live in at least 20 US towns and communities over the past fifty years. I moved out of Silicon  More

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Boulder City is all about Clean Green, but the only Dog Park in the city is all dirt. Henderson, NV and Las Vegas have multiple Grass dog parks. Boulder City has 3  More

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Over 17 years ago

All heavy truck traffic has been routed off the Hoover Dam since the 9-11 attacks due to national "infrastructure" security concerns and this has had the effect of  More

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