2025 Compare Cities Education:
El Cerrito, CA vs Pacific Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Pacific Grove spends 1.2% more per student than El Cerrito.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% lower in Pacific Grove than in El Cerrito. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pacific Grove had 1.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to El Cerrito
 El Cerrito, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for El Cerrito    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

El Cerrito is inexpensive to live in and close to where interesting things are happening. On the whole there isn't much to do here, with the obvious exception being the  More

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Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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