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Santa Barbara, CA vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 7.6% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.8% higher in Fresno than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 10.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara

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 Santa Barbara, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,705$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158$13,227$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,862$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.0121.3816.23
 Students per Librarian12387126164573
 Students per Counselor539646530
 Grade School Educ.7.2%10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%10.5%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%23.6%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%23.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.6%4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%2.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%0.9%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 Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109
ZIPS IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA
93722, 93727, 93720, 93702, 93726, 93706, 93705, 93711, 93703, 93710, 18 total

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