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St. Helena, CA vs Folsom, CA

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- Folsom spends 16.4% less per student than St. Helena.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.9% lower in Folsom than in St. Helena. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 1.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to St. Helena
 St. Helena, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,371  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.95  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor537  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for St. Helena    2 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

There is no better place to raise a family. Great community, excellent resources, fabulous restaurants, amazing hikes and beautiful scenery.  More

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Over 19 years ago

I currently live in Sacramento, California for about 5 months and returning to batavia, New York in 5 more months. My boyfriend and I are going to get a place together  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 12 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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