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Arden Hills, MN vs Thousand Oaks, CA

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Highlights
- Thousand Oaks spends 29.2% less per student than Arden Hills.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 57.2% higher in Thousand Oaks than in Arden Hills. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thousand Oaks had 0.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Arden Hills
 Arden Hills, MNThousand Oaks, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,480  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.28  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock291284573
 Students per Counselor487  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Arden Hills    2 Reviews

Arden Hills is a great proximity to downtown, yet in a quiet/ safe suburb w/ walking and biking trails, colleges, nearby restaurants, churches and nice neighbors. If you  More

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Over 19 years ago

I've lived in 10 different cities in 5 different states in my 19 years, and by far the best place I could imagine for kids is Arden Hills. There are great schools in  More

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Reviews for Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More

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