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Castle Rock, CO vs Thousand Oaks, CA

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- Thousand Oaks spends 12.2% more per student than Castle Rock.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.3% higher in Thousand Oaks than in Castle Rock. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thousand Oaks had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Castle Rock
 Castle Rock, COThousand Oaks, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.62  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock291284573
 Students per Counselor279  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%1.5%
Reviews for Castle Rock    12 Reviews

My fiance and I moved here in 2018 shortly after finishing college. I work in Colorado Springs and she works in the Denver area, so Castle Rock was practically our only  More

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Over 7 years ago

I have always been mobile for my career, until I moved to Castle Rock. I've lived in in multiple cities in the Midwest including Chicago and have visited nearly every  More

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Over 11 years ago

we have four seasons, and the rockies are only two hrs.away. so for the outdoors enthusist sking or hiking is like no other place you have been or seen it is hard to  More

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Reviews for Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More

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