2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cave Creek, AZ vs Oakland, CA

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Highlights
- Oakland spends 68.4% more per student than Cave Creek.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 18.5% higher in Oakland than in Cave Creek. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oakland had 12.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Cave Creek
 Cave Creek, AZOakland, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,653  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.24  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor718  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Cave Creek    5 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Beautiful homes and area with larger parcels and horse properties. Wonderful people. Low crime. Great climate except 3 months of hell heat in the summer. But you can  More

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Cave Creek is beautiful especially if you make lots of money! It has a mix of down to earth people and affluent show boaters, heavy drinkers and bikers. Very eclectic.  More

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Over 11 years ago

The drawback to living in Cave Creek are the summers. If you can leave for 3-4 months and return in the fall, Cave Creek is  More

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Reviews for Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 4 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

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