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Vancouver, WA vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 14.3% less per student than Vancouver.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.5% higher in Santa Cruz than in Vancouver. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 5.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Vancouver

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 Vancouver, WASanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,098$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853$13,552$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,102$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.1321.8416.23
 Students per Librarian104262714573
 Students per Counselor373473530
 Grade School Educ.2.9%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.1%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.91.0%95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.6%19.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.5%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.5%56.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.7.6%18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%4.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%5.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Vancouver    57 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

This city has traffic similar to Seattle. I think some drivers here are aggressive and are not able to stay calm under stress. Although the rent prices seem reasonable I  More

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Plus no pone wants a new bridge it has been voted down a thousand times but now the city of Vancouver is going to try and sneak one in anyway and the nice small feeling  More

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The city is corrupt, department heads taking bribes, 2 yr community college almost destroyed because the faculty are making it into a 4 yr college. Mormon corruption  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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ZIPS IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON
98682 98661 98683 98684 98664 98663 98660
ZIPS IN SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
95060 95064

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