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Crescent Beach, FL vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 52.9% more per student than Crescent Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 19.1% higher in Santa Cruz than in Crescent Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 1.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Crescent Beach
 Crescent Beach, FLSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,780  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.34  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62714573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.10.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree8.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Crescent Beach    1 Reviews

This Beach is my favorite in all of Florida. Very safe and lifeguards are there as well. Great places to eat as well.The beach has no erosion problems such as Flagler  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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