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Susanville, CA vs Sunnyvale, CA

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- Sunnyvale spends 47.0% more per student than Susanville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.6% higher in Sunnyvale than in Susanville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sunnyvale had 30.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Susanville
 Susanville, CASunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,401$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,012  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,804$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.88  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65284573
 Students per Counselor4007  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.22.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.7.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.5%1.5%
Reviews for Susanville    11 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Ive been here my whole life. I can't imagine living anywhere else but crime is definitely going up. Blame it on add another prison i feel 1 was plenty. But its still  More

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Over 7 years ago

Decent place, lived here for a while. Homeless are everywhere, drug addicts under the bridges, don't go to the river or the trail due to harassment from homeless.  More

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Over 8 years ago

Susanville has most of the raptors that you see in the US. I see deer in the city streets daily. I've seen beaver, coyote, wolf, bear, martins, racoon, fox, skunk,  More

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Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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