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Columbia, MD vs Santee, CA

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Highlights
- Santee spends 8.7% less per student than Columbia.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 68.3% higher in Santee than in Columbia. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santee had 3.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Columbia
 Columbia, MDSantee, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,615  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.46  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor331  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.62.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 13 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 17 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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