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Sunnyvale, CA vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 8.4% less per student than Sunnyvale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% lower in Santa Rosa than in Sunnyvale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 8.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sunnyvale

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 Sunnyvale, CASanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$18,401$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141$13,921$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,804$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.5920.8216.23
 Students per Librarian6528142404573
 Students per Counselor646399530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%6.3%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.2%85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.5%23.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.8%34.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.28.9%8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.1%3.0%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree6.5%1.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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ZIPS IN SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA
94087 94086 94085 94089
ZIPS IN SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA
95403 95407 95404 95401 95409 95405

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