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Spring Valley, NV vs El Cajon, CA

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- El Cajon spends 42.8% more per student than Spring Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.3% higher in El Cajon than in Spring Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- El Cajon had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Spring Valley
 Spring Valley, NVEl Cajon, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Spring Valley    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Spring Valley, at one time was a lovely small place to live, we were in the upper elevation of the valley with some distance between us and the rest of Las Vegas.  More

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Over 16 years ago

I have lived in Spring Valley for 33 years. Same house, raised three children and all the things that go with that. We were among the first wave of residents back in  More

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Reviews for El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

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Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

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El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  More

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