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Vallejo, CA vs San Rafael, CA

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Highlights
- San Rafael spends 51.1% more per student than Vallejo.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.7% lower in San Rafael than in Vallejo. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Rafael had 1.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Vallejo
 Vallejo, CASan Rafael, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,111$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,346  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,450$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock41414573
 Students per Counselor867  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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Reviews for San Rafael    7 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

San Rafael is only 30 minutes from downtown San Francisco, but the weather is completely different. It's sunny most of the year, including in the summer when the city  More

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Over 15 years ago

I feal very safe in this town. I think getting stopped for talking on your cell phone while driving is a big deal here. Thats about all I can  More

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Over 17 years ago

Cost of living too high. Unfriendly  More

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