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Santa Barbara, CA vs Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Highlights
- Fort Lauderdale spends 29.8% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% lower in Fort Lauderdale than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fort Lauderdale had 1.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara

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 Santa Barbara, CAFort Lauderdale, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,705$11,723$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158$9,998$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,862$6,249$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.0119.1916.23
 Students per Librarian123877214573
 Students per Counselor539366530
 Grade School Educ.7.2%4.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%89.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%18.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%39.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.6%10.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%4.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%1.4%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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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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Reviews for Fort Lauderdale    64 Reviews

Fort Lauderdale and South Florida are eclectic, which makes for a tough adjustment if you're from a homogenous area. The secret is to find the location of all the things  More

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Like any city, Fort Lauderdale has it's good points and it's bad. On the good side you can't beat the weather here, especially October to June. No snow and no winter  More

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Over 9 years ago

My husband I are are from Illinois and Indiana. We moved here five years ago and we still HATE it! In the Midwest people are friendly and care about others. I can't  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109
ZIPS IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
33311 33312 33308 33304 33301 33315 33305 33316 33306

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