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Diamond Bar, CA vs Mission Viejo, CA

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- Mission Viejo spends 12.3% less per student than Diamond Bar.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.2% higher in Mission Viejo than in Diamond Bar. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mission Viejo had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Diamond Bar
 Diamond Bar, CAMission Viejo, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.53.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%1.5%
Reviews for Diamond Bar    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Beautiful city and great place to raise a family. The worst part of Diamond Bar would be some of the best places to live in other cities. Diamond Bar has some of the  More

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Over 14 years ago

The city is centrally located to riverside, San Bernardino, Orange County and Downtown La. It is very scenic with beautiful hills, great schools and within easy reach,  More

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Over 15 years ago

This is a very quiet area about 30 mile east of downtown Los Angeles. I'm a bit concerned about what effect a possible new NFL stadium in the City of Industry CA will  More

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Reviews for Mission Viejo    22 Reviews

Beautiful, but for the wealthy. If you make less than 150K, you won't be able to afford to live here. Even for Southern California, MV is off-the-chart expensive. A  More

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Over 12 years ago

Mission Viejo does not charge a business license tax for businesses located in the community and home-based businesses are allowed under current zoning laws as long as  More

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Please give me your advisese i need to know how is the best place to live near los angeles, safe, earthquakes, snakes, best schools, no racism, etc...,i donĀ“t know  More

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