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Visalia, CA vs El Cajon, CA

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Highlights
- El Cajon spends 11.5% more per student than Visalia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.8% higher in El Cajon than in Visalia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- El Cajon had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Visalia
 Visalia, CAEl Cajon, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,754  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.03  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor640  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.23.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%1.5%
Reviews for Visalia    27 Reviews

I've lived in the city of Visalia for 3 years now. Relocated to accommodate a territory sales job. If I were allowed, I'd go w. a 3 1/2 Star rating. If not for the  More

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Quite possibly the most miserable city/town I have lived in. Why?: * Air quality is toxic and dangerous from a combination of intensive agricultural farming and diesel  More

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So Visalia's NE, NW, SW, and Downtown are nice areas. The worst part of town is north of Houston between Dinuba BLVD and Ben Maddox. Here you will see lots of  More

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Reviews for El Cajon    10 Reviews

Stay out of East El Cajon. The people that live there don't like  More

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Housing less expensive then San Diego, wages the same. A total package of people from different backgrounds (ethnic) which is  More

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El Cajon and La Mesa are about a dozen miles east of the Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Hills, in particular, is a community within El Cajon on the boarder of La Mesa/Mt.  More

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