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Santa Barbara, CA vs Chandler, AZ

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Highlights
- Chandler spends 36.8% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.2% lower in Chandler than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Chandler had 6.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara

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 Santa Barbara, CAChandler, AZUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,705$10,564$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158$8,653$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,862$4,810$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.0118.2416.23
 Students per Librarian1238723484573
 Students per Counselor539718530
 Grade School Educ.7.2%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%3.2%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%21.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%45.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.6%12.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%2.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%2.1%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 Chandler    65 Reviews

As someone that has lived in Chandler nearly my whole life. I understand Chandler has it's fair share of problems in recent decades from affordability to certain areas  More

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I have grown up in Chandler for almost 25 years and left in 2012, used to live near downtown with apartments that were affordable on a minimum wage job, until i could  More

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I lived here 20 years ago, left to work in a different AZ city and returned four years ago. Unfortunately, the city is on a decline and COVID sped it up. The city is  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109
ZIPS IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA
85225 85224 85286 85249 85226 85248

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