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Tacoma, WA vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 17.0% less per student than Tacoma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.8% higher in Folsom than in Tacoma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 2.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Tacoma
 Tacoma, WAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,056  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.68  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor441  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Tacoma    40 Reviews

I've lived in Tacoma for 3.5 years and love it! It's not a perfect city, nowhere is perfect and Tacoma does have its' share of problems, but overall have found T-Town  More

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Over 4 years ago

We LOVE tacoma. Grew up in Seattle, and tacoma is so much better! Easy access to the water, hiking, and Mt Rainier and the Olympics. We love the coffee shops and  More

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Over 5 years ago

Having lived over half my life here I can tell you real friends are few and far between. You will go through many and only have a handful who stick with you. Your  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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