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Westminster, CA vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe spends 23.5% less per student than Westminster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.7% lower in South Lake Tahoe than in Westminster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- South Lake Tahoe had 11.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Westminster
 Westminster, CASouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,688$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,911  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,768$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock106814573
 Students per Counselor595  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%1.5%
Reviews for Westminster    8 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

The weather patterns have been slowly changing over the past three years. Sun burns off the fog in the morning hours from early June through July over past 3 years.   More

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Over 16 years ago

Westminster is a very busy, albeit somewhatsafer area to live. It's nicely located not far from freeways or the beach, has a good mall and plenty of shopping options.  More

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Over 16 years ago

Great weather year round. Summers are usually in the high 70s-80s, and occasionally peak in the low 90s. Winters are moderate (70's). You can literally ski, hike  More

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

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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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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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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