2025 Compare Cities Education:
Crystal Lake, IL vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica spends 7.7% less per student than Crystal Lake.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 59.1% higher in Santa Monica than in Crystal Lake. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Monica had 0.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Crystal Lake
 Crystal Lake, ILSanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,554  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.74  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor578  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Crystal Lake    7 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

Great area for recreational boating, fishing and biking. Great place to involve your kids as there are lots of opportunities' for football, baseball and dance. For  More

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Over 12 years ago

I have been living here for 12 years. It's a nice community with friendly people, but I hate the weather. It feels like winter is 6 months long with many overcast days,  More

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Over 12 years ago

A nice place to raise a family, but not a lot of diversity. We are looking to move from here and searching in the Colorado  More

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Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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