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Camas, WA vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 14.3% less per student than Camas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.5% higher in Santa Cruz than in Camas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 0.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Camas
 Camas, WASanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,853  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.13  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62714573
 Students per Counselor373  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Camas    8 Reviews

Born and raised here in Washington. Moved away to San Francisco, California for a decade and just moved back. I live walking distance from downtown and love it. Huge  More

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Camas is a wonderful area which has so many beautiful trails with access to the river. The school system is superb. Prune Hill is such a wonderful place to live and walk  More

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Over 8 years ago

This town has no culture outside the high school. The downtown has scruffy mill taverns to accentuate the smelly pulp mill across the street. Housing is not  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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