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Crescent City, CA vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 17.3% more per student than Crescent City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% higher in Santa Cruz than in Crescent City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 45.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Crescent City
 Crescent City, CASanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,103  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.32  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62714573
 Students per Counselor420  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.26.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.10.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Crescent City    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Weather sucks, people here are rude, politicians government workers corrupt, drug infested town, high crime, no good housing unless you want to live in drug infested  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here 10 years and the first few years were rough getting used to the humidity and rain but over time I've grown to embrace everything about this town the  More

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Beautiful scenery and good hiking and camping. Swimmingly and rafting in rivers is fun. Trees of mystery is pretty fun too. However the town is pretty seedy and  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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