2025 Compare Cities Education:
Brentwood, CA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 10.0% more per student than Brentwood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.4% lower in Santa Barbara than in Brentwood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 5.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Brentwood
 Brentwood, CASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Brentwood    6 Reviews

Brentwood, 50 miles east of San Francisco, has a great climate. We are in a valley, east of Mount Diablo. We get a few weeks of pretty hot days - 100+, but the rest of  More

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Over 15 years ago

I love living in Brentwood. Our city planners and workers have done an excellent job in creating a beautiful city filled with trees, parks, well- planned communities,  More

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We moved to a new “Active Adults” (over 55) housing development in Brentwood about 6 years ago. The location is great if you like to fish, go pleasure-boating, or water  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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