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Boulder City, NV vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 45.8% more per student than Boulder City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.2% lower in Santa Barbara than in Boulder City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Boulder City
 Boulder City, NVSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,498  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Boulder City    4 Reviews

I'm an Air Force Veteran, born in New Jersey who left home at 18 and have live in at least 20 US towns and communities over the past fifty years. I moved out of Silicon  More

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Boulder City is all about Clean Green, but the only Dog Park in the city is all dirt. Henderson, NV and Las Vegas have multiple Grass dog parks. Boulder City has 3  More

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Over 17 years ago

All heavy truck traffic has been routed off the Hoover Dam since the 9-11 attacks due to national "infrastructure" security concerns and this has had the effect of  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 4 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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