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Santa Barbara, CA vs Los Angeles, CA

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Highlights
- Los Angeles spends 4.3% more per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.0% higher in Los Angeles than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Los Angeles had 10.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara

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 Santa Barbara, CALos Angeles, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,705$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158$14,374$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,862$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.0121.8616.23
 Students per Librarian1238765654573
 Students per Counselor539380530
 Grade School Educ.7.2%13.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%8.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%78.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%17.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%36.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.6%8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%3.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%1.5%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 Los Angeles    242 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

If I could give this place negative five stars, I would. Most of the people here are a giant waste of time. They are liars, manipulators, psychopaths, and sociopaths.  More

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Timothy · 

Even with the high costs of living and the sooty air, I feel there is no other place in USA that has access to oceans and beaches, cultural and recreational  More

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Over 3 years ago

Ahhh where to begin? Long summary so bare with me. Born and raised in this ****hole, after 25 years finally getting close to be able to move state as I dreamed, as I've  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109
ZIPS IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
90011, 91331, 91342, 90044, 91335, 91402, 90003, 90026, 90019, 91343, 107 total

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