2025 Compare Cities Education:
Cincinnati, OH vs Petaluma, CA

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Highlights
- Petaluma spends 1.0% less per student than Cincinnati.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.4% higher in Petaluma than in Cincinnati. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Petaluma had 2.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Cincinnati
 Cincinnati, OHPetaluma, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,237  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.52  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor394  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock9.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Cincinnati    113 Reviews

A native buckeye, I currently split my time between Cincinnati and Charleston, SC. We were considering leaving Cincinnati, but after reviewing other cities, I think  More

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Lived in Cinti. and on UC faculty for over 40 years. The best move of my life is to have retired and left Cinti. for Tucson. In academics OSU far outranks UC and the  More

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What Bert has to say is a bit dated. The downtown area has made a great comeback over the past 10-15 years with Over the Rhine once being ranked America’s most dangerous  More

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Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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