2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cape Girardeau, MO vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara spends 44.6% more per student than Cape Girardeau.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 53.5% higher in Santa Barbara than in Cape Girardeau. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cape Girardeau
 Cape Girardeau, MOSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,743  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.69  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor333  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Cape Girardeau    7 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

Great place to live. You can get from any point A to point B in 10 minutes. Easy to get spoiled with the  More

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Over 12 years ago

For a relatively small area (city permanent population of 37,000, swelling to 100,000 during the workweek when the university is in session), Cape Girardeau has multiple  More

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Over 16 years ago

It's a good mid sized  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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