2025 Compare Cities Education:
Ashburn, VA vs Pacifica, CA

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Highlights
- Pacifica spends 12.5% more per student than Ashburn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.5% higher in Pacifica than in Ashburn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pacifica had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Ashburn
 Ashburn, VAPacifica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,780  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.7  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor250  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.64.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock11.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.6%1.5%
Reviews for Ashburn    5 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

We’ve lived here for 10 months and it’s not awesome. The housing costs are insane and the yards are postage stamps with apartments and townhomes lining every road and  More

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Over 10 years ago

Ashburn is part of the growing population of Northern Virginia. A planned community, largely built in the 1990's, Ashburn was one of the first developments in eastern  More

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Over 10 years ago

Weather is great, has all four seasons, minor snow fall and mild  More

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Reviews for Pacifica    9 Reviews

Back when I lived there...great for people, hiking, only had two times where there was a crime I was aware of my 1955 Chevy Bel-Air was stolen as well as my bike from  More

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Has the rep of being socked in with fog 24-7 but thats totally false. a charming blue collar surf town a mere 30 min from downtown SF with lower prices - hard to  More

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Over 13 years ago

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