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Santa Monica, CA vs Tampa, FL

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Highlights
- Tampa spends 36.3% less per student than Santa Monica.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 21.1% lower in Tampa than in Santa Monica. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tampa had 6.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Monica

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 Santa Monica, CATampa, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,429$11,103$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374$9,438$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,492$6,009$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.8617.2416.23
 Students per Librarian656510264573
 Students per Counselor380476530
 Grade School Educ.3.1%4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.94.3%88.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%15.3%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.1%7.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.67.8%41.8%33.7%
 Masters Grad.17.6%10.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.7%4.4%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree4.1%2.0%1.5%

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Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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Reviews for Tampa    162 Reviews

The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never  More

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Over 2 years ago

I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch  More

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This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually  More

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ZIPS IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
90405 90403 90404 90402 90401
ZIPS IN TAMPA, FLORIDA
33647, 33612, 33610, 33604, 33611, 33629, 33607, 33603, 33606, 33609, 15 total

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