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Santa Barbara, CA vs Beaverton, OR

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Highlights
- Beaverton spends 19.1% more per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.3% lower in Beaverton than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Beaverton had 6.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara

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 Santa Barbara, CABeaverton, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,705$19,904$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158$12,222$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,862$7,532$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.0118.2116.23
 Students per Librarian123878094573
 Students per Counselor539251530
 Grade School Educ.7.2%3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%93.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%22.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%7.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%47.0%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.6%12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%2.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%1.8%1.5%

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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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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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Reviews for Beaverton    25 Reviews

Beaverton is a great place to live and raise a family. It's gotten much more expensive and much more congested, but so has the rest of the country. Overall, it's still  More

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used to be fantastic! moved here 25 years ago. at that time beaverton schools were 2nd in the nation. cost of living was low, great paying jobs, and low traffic. Liberal  More

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Looks like we will be making Oregon our home. Where are some places that are up and coming with cute downtown, or possibly could be? Lower housing prices, but you can  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109
ZIPS IN BEAVERTON, OREGON
97008 97005

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