2025 Compare Cities Education:
Castro Valley, CA vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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- Half Moon Bay spends 12.9% more per student than Castro Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.4% lower in Half Moon Bay than in Castro Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 3.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Castro Valley
 Castro Valley, CAHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,323  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.61  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor603  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.42.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%1.5%
Reviews for Castro Valley    7 Reviews

CURMUDGEON - THANK YOU for your post. The most important part of your comment is your second paragraph. "Hodge-Podge" is the correct word for a lot of Castro  More

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Over 11 years ago

Kind of rural but close to Oakland and San  More

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Castro Valley is the largest unincorporated "city" in the Bay Area. Over the years, several attempts have been made to incorporate, but they have all been defeated at  More

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Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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