2025 Compare Cities Education:
Chico, CA vs Carlsbad, CA

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Highlights
- Carlsbad spends 6.1% more per student than Chico.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.3% higher in Carlsbad than in Chico. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Carlsbad had 1.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Chico
 Chico, CACarlsbad, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,014  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.35  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor455  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 3 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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Reviews for Carlsbad    38 Reviews

I've lived in Carlsbad (92008) for 8 years now and really appreciate all that it has to offer. Yes, ALL of San Diego County is expensive, but Carlsbad has [possibly]  More

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Over 4 years ago

Carlson has the worst winters. It averages about 10 meters of snow per week. Every shop is  More

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Ok, I get it, the climate is mild and tolerable but even that is over-rated when you consider how many cloudy days there are in this town. The sun coming out at 3 and  More

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