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Chelsea, MI vs Ojai, CA

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- Ojai spends 11.0% less per student than Chelsea.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 58.3% higher in Ojai than in Chelsea. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ojai had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chelsea
 Chelsea, MIOjai, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,455  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock291284573
 Students per Counselor503  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.51.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.3%1.5%
Reviews for Chelsea    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

I lived in Chelsea in the 1990s and occasionally return out of family obligation. It's marginally more affordable than neighboring Ann Arbor, thus its status as a  More

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Over 16 years ago

Beautiful small town with the best public library. Very convenient to interstate for travel and the excitement and interests of a college town nearby (Ann  More

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Over 17 years ago

Chelsea, Michigan has small town character with plenty of culture and recreation, too. With numerous art galleries, the famous Purple Rose Theatre by actor Jeff Daniels,  More

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Reviews for Ojai    7 Reviews

Ojai has it's social and environmental challenges. It's population can be insular and self-absorbed. I grew up in Palo Alto and lived in Berkeley in the 70's so I can  More

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Over 10 years ago

Yes, Ojai is pretty geographically but there are a lot of run down neighborhoods. There are no "rules" about keeping your house or yard up and therefore lots of people  More

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Over 11 years ago

From my contacts, this place is my idea of how I want to spend my remaining days on  More

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