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South Lake Tahoe, CA vs Columbia, MO

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 21.8% more per student than South Lake Tahoe.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.4% lower in Columbia than in South Lake Tahoe. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 9.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to South Lake Tahoe
 South Lake Tahoe, CAColumbia, MOUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,237$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,787  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,199$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.58  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4524573
 Students per Counselor767  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.0%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.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%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 Columbia    41 Reviews

If you are an active person and love to be outdoors and go to college sporting events, Columbia is a great place to live! I run and bike and go to Mizzou events a lot. I  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've live in CoMo for 20 yrs. NOT sure about this state of the art water park??!! There are great parks but nothing else for families. NO zoo, museum, and definitely no  More

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I lived there for a year and hated every minute. Columbia reminded me of the San Francisco of the Midwest. It is overrun with homeless people. Law enforcement is  More

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