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Pagosa Springs, CO vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 43.4% more per student than Pagosa Springs.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.1% higher in Santa Barbara than in Pagosa Springs. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pagosa Springs

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 Pagosa Springs, COSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,652$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,175$13,158$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,146$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.5521.0116.23
 Students per Librarian1802123874573
 Students per Counselor210539530
 Grade School Educ.4.8%7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.2%4.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.86.0%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.2.9%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.26.5%50.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.5.4%12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%4.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%3.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Pagosa Springs    12 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Driving in from the Durango airport (If you can ignore the slum area just before town on 160) is a beautiful sight! As pretty as any town in Colorado. (Except for all  More

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Over 6 years ago

First off it’s generally beautiful around here! Tons of things to do..mostly outside things, like you’d expect from a ski/mountain town -hunting, fishing, hiking,  More

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Over 7 years ago

Pagosa is a beautiful mountain town with an abundance of outdoor activities: skiing, fishing, hunting, hiking, and camping. It is also a major tourist area with many  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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ZIPS IN PAGOSA SPRINGS, COLORADO
81147
ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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