2025 Compare Cities Education:
Virginia City, NV vs Truckee, CA

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Highlights
- Truckee spends 27.8% more per student than Virginia City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 86.3% higher in Truckee than in Virginia City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Truckee had 0.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Virginia City
 Virginia City, NVTruckee, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,256  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio10.18  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock84024573
 Students per Counselor108  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Virginia City    1 Reviews

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 Truckee    3 Reviews

I came to Truckee California about a month prior to this Covid-19 pandemic, to relocate here. Due to this unfortunate circumstance I was temporarily laid off  More

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I moved to Truckee with my soon-to-be ex-wife and two sons in June 2012 and left Truckee in June 2015 with only my sons. My wife got drawn into what I later learned  More

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Yes, it costs more to live in California. And you don't get paid more necessarily if you live in the mountains- but there are some great jobs here if you have the right  More

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