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Derby, KS vs Santee, CA

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Highlights
- Santee spends 16.7% more per student than Derby.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 91.6% higher in Santee than in Derby. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santee had 4.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Derby
 Derby, KSSantee, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,358$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,748  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,084$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio11.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock187444573
 Students per Counselor383  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Derby    3 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

I remember growing up here in the early '80s. I recently visited and the place is still beautiful and larger now with more to see and do. I have already decided to  More

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Over 19 years ago

The Derby parks and recreation department is the best in the plains states. Some of the best water sports, baseball, football, soccer, Adult recreation is good as well.  More

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Over 19 years ago

The climate in Derby (suburb of Wichita, KS) is moderate to warm. Winters are rearly very cold. Zero degrees only at night we have lived here 11 years and only seen 0  More

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Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 13 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 17 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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