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2025 Compare Cities Education:
Virginia City, NV vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe spends 32.9% less per student than Virginia City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 121.8% higher in South Lake Tahoe than in Virginia City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia City
 Virginia City, NVSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,256  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor108  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
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Reviews for Virginia City    1 Reviews
Bob · Fernley, NV
Water Quallity
Over 11 years ago

I find the water quality score of 40 in Virginia City to be open for debate. It is basically snow melt, coming from Lake Marlette in the Tahoe area. Looks great. Tastes  More

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews
Anon · Sacramento, CA
Meh. Pretty boring
Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Jack · Chicago, IL
Overpriced overhyped overrated dump
Over 5 years ago

Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Peter · South Lake Tahoe, CA
Beautiful place
Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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