2025 Compare Cities Education:
Bend, OR vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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Highlights
- Half Moon Bay spends 26.2% more per student than Bend.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% higher in Half Moon Bay than in Bend. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 8.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Bend
 Bend, ORHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,841  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor268  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.46.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%1.5%
Reviews for Bend    100 Reviews

I have visited Bend for many years and moved here last year with my family. Every person that complains about Bend does not understand how economics works. The main  More

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Over 4 years ago

When I moved to Bend it was a charming small city of about 50,000 people. The population has now more than doubled and the once clean, quiet community is a noisy, dirty,  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived in Bend for 10 years now. I'm originally from a poorer town in CA with the same population as Bend. Here are my pros and cons of living in Bend. Pros: -  More

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Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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