2025 Compare Cities Education:
Dallas, TX vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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Highlights
- Half Moon Bay spends 52.5% more per student than Dallas.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.8% higher in Half Moon Bay than in Dallas. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 10.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Dallas
 Dallas, TXHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,291  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor361  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.17.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.35.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%1.5%
Reviews for Dallas    228 Reviews

I seldom review anything but I was inspired by reading the other Dallas reviews to add my two cents. I’ve been here since 2015 and we hope to leave when we can get jobs  More

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I have lived in Dallas, as well as areas around the Dallas Metroplex, for over 20 years. With that said, what I have seen in that time, has not been overly pleasing; and  More

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There is only one thing I found to be relatively good in this city: upscale restaurants. The food is tasty but only in upscale restaurants, I am vegan, and still found  More

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Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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