2025 Compare Cities Education:
Benicia, CA vs Pacific Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Pacific Grove spends 10.1% more per student than Benicia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.5% lower in Pacific Grove than in Benicia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pacific Grove had 0.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Benicia
 Benicia, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,346  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor867  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Benicia    5 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Formerly an out of the way set of signs on the freeways noticed on the way out of town, with a reputation for refineries, Benicia has transformed over the years into a  More

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i've lived lots of places and benicia is by far the worst. th kist here (12-20) are jerks, they jump infront of cars, run around the stores like crazy people and are  More

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I'm a Californian who doesn't like cars, traffic or driving. That's why I moved to Benicia, so I could walk to work if I wanted. After work, I really don't need a car  More

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Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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