2025 Compare Cities Education:
Danville, KY vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica spends 4.2% more per student than Danville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 55.9% higher in Santa Monica than in Danville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Monica had 4.6% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Danville
 Danville, KYSanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,078  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor363  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.3%  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.24.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Danville    4 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

If you like friendly non-judgmental people, four seasons, fertile land, beautiful natural scenery, low cost of living, this is a good  More

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Over 15 years ago

Great small college town for  More

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Over 19 years ago

Crime is Danville, in Kentucky really is driven, in my opinion, by the economy and lack of higher education. There is great opportunity for the area to grow in the next  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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