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Arlington, TX vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 22.4% more per student than Arlington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.0% higher in Santa Barbara than in Arlington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 2.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Arlington

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 Arlington, TXSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$13,644$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,823$13,158$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,972$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.6921.0116.23
 Students per Librarian889123874573
 Students per Counselor365539530
 Grade School Educ.7.0%7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%4.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.4%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.4%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.8%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.7%50.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.2%12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%4.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.2%3.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Arlington    34 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Great proximity to both Dallas and Ft Worth. Good selection of restaurants. Nice neighborhoods with beautiful oaks and rolling hills. Close to 6 Flags, Dallas Cowboys  More

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Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived in Arlington since 1976. It is now nothing but apartment complexes for as far as you can see and they are mostly section 8. Crime is out of control. We are  More

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Over 7 years ago

If you have a good car you can travel to the cities bordering Arlington (within 15 miles) and pay their non-citizen fees and use their very nice senior facilities.   More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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ZIPS IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS
76010, 76017, 76002, 76014, 76013, 76001, 76018, 76016, 76012, 76006, 12 total
ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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