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Daytona Beach, FL vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 57.3% more per student than Daytona Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 26.8% higher in Santa Barbara than in Daytona Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Daytona Beach
 Daytona Beach, FLSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,973  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.57  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor385  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Daytona Beach    18 Reviews

It's important to know there are two Daytonas. There's Daytona Beach, which is where, well, the beach is. Then there's Daytona on the mainland side of things. These are  More

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I moved here in April of 2018 and I'm very happy. I live downtown on the Halifax river/Intracoastal Waterway, by the beautiful marina and the Chart House restaurant. I'm  More

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They also built a Tanger Outlet Store with multiple shops. You can find things to do in Daytona Beach. I think the area gets a very bad rap at times due to Bike Week  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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