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Topeka, KS vs Folsom, CA

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Highlights
- Folsom spends 11.8% more per student than Topeka.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 77.9% higher in Folsom than in Topeka. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Folsom had 1.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Topeka
 Topeka, KSFolsom, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,364  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Topeka    28 Reviews

Loretta Lynn says that in  More

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I live in Topeka this town is awful A lot of crime has been happening here. I don't suggest moving here. This town is also dying out it's mostly old people, meth  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived in Topeka most of my life until moving to Katy, Texas...which is a premiere suburb of Houston. Topeka is genuinely missed as it is a superb community to raise a  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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