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

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Highlights
- Pacific Grove spends 6.0% less per student than Carlsbad.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% lower in Pacific Grove than in Carlsbad. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pacific Grove had 0.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Carlsbad
 Carlsbad, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.59.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Carlsbad    38 Reviews

I've lived in Carlsbad (92008) for 8 years now and really appreciate all that it has to offer. Yes, ALL of San Diego County is expensive, but Carlsbad has [possibly]  More

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Over 4 years ago

Carlson has the worst winters. It averages about 10 meters of snow per week. Every shop is  More

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Ok, I get it, the climate is mild and tolerable but even that is over-rated when you consider how many cloudy days there are in this town. The sun coming out at 3 and  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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