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St. George, UT vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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Highlights
- South Lake Tahoe spends 33.3% more per student than St. George.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.2% lower in South Lake Tahoe than in St. George. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to St. George
 St. George, UTSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.81  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor456  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for St. George    75 Reviews

Very low paying jobs. Very few corporate companies you could have a career at. Very expensive housing. Very unaccepting of non mormons. A very lazy city hall that  More

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We recently moved here and this are our thoughts: - Landscape wise no doubts this is one of the most beautiful places we have been - Public spaces are very clean, well  More

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I have lived in St. George for 8 months and love it so far. I agree that there are not a lot of jobs and most have low pay so this may not be a good place if your  More

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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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