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Canyon, TX vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 10.9% more per student than Canyon.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.2% higher in Santa Cruz than in Canyon. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 0.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Canyon

Education
 Canyon, TXSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$14,761$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$7,888$13,552$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,876$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.1521.8416.23
 Students per Librarian53662714573
 Students per Counselor323473530
 Grade School Educ.2.4%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.4%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.96.2%95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%19.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.8%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.9%56.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.10.0%18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%4.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.8%5.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Canyon    2 Reviews

Have lived in Canyon for over 15 years. Planned on making this our retirement home 12 years before we actually moved here and don't plan on ever leaving. City is  More

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Over 16 years ago

I moved here from Northern California to go to West Texas A&M. The town is "dry" (doesn't sell alcohol in the city limits), so there are no bars. Not a whole lot of  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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ZIPS IN CANYON, TEXAS
79015 79016
ZIPS IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
95060 95064

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