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Waco, TX vs Chico, CA

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- Chico spends 36.1% more per student than Waco.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 49.0% higher in Chico than in Waco. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chico had 11.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Waco
 Waco, TXChico, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,415$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,306  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,909$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.66  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock58434573
 Students per Counselor333  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.0%1.5%
Reviews for Waco    20 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

This town is a nightmare for all nearby towns or people passing through. Expect to add an hour to your trip if you're passing through. Traffic. Traffic traffic.  More

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Best city in Texas when you count traffic, housing cost, eateries, Baylor Bear sports, largest urban lake in Texas, Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, Texas Sports Hall of  More

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i was raised in waco tx and recently moved to country to get away from the drama and crime associated w living in waco.But it seems now the city of Waco has purchased  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 4 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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