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Santa Clara, CA vs Solana Beach, CA

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Highlights
- Solana Beach spends 11.1% less per student than Santa Clara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% higher in Solana Beach than in Santa Clara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Solana Beach had 2.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Clara

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 Santa Clara, CASolana Beach, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,401$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141$13,161$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,804$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.5922.6516.23
 Students per Librarian6528187444573
 Students per Counselor646513530
 Grade School Educ.2.6%1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%2.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.2%96.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.5%11.9%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%5.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.2%69.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.24.6%15.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%8.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree5.5%5.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Santa Clara    14 Reviews

Larry · 

Santa Clara, CA and the city government are great. The city has been for the most part very good to me. I grew up in Santa Clara and now that I have been away for two  More

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I have lived in Santa Clara California most of my life so I consider myself to be an expert. The climate is wonderful. The price of housing is way above the national  More

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Over 9 years ago

Good Central Park and activities; City-owned power company provides lower cost power; home to many high-tech companies; city is  More

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Reviews for Solana Beach    3 Reviews

I've lived in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Venice Beach, Hermosa Beach, San Luis Obispo, Carlsbad, Encinitas and my wife and I saved up every penny we could to buy a  More

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Rent has skyrocketed in Solana Beach in the past ten years. High rent and more people cramming into single person rental units.   More

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Over 19 years ago

Very expensive. Being from east coast it was hard because people dont speak to you in normal situations..example , picking up kids from school ..if you pass a parent  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA
95051 95050 95054 95053
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92075

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