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Chevy Chase, MD vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica spends 11.7% less per student than Chevy Chase.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 60.4% higher in Santa Monica than in Chevy Chase. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Monica had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Chevy Chase
 Chevy Chase, MDSanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,697  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.63  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor292  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.1.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.93.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree32.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Chevy Chase    3 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Overall an nice place to live if you don't mind bad traffic. Though Chevy Chase is a close-in suburb, traffic can make traveling short distances by car very taxing.   More

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Over 17 years ago

Chevy Chase is great because it offers neighborhoods and parks and is only about 5 miles from the center of DC. While it looks like a quiet place, the pace of life is  More

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Over 18 years ago

CC MD -- great schools, neighborhoods, highly community active -- the state and county does a great job on services. But the identity is to Wash, DC. This is a place  More

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Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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