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Elko, NV vs Santa Maria, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Maria spends 26.1% more per student than Elko.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.7% higher in Santa Maria than in Elko. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Maria had 26.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Elko
 Elko, NVSanta Maria, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,499  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.16  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor587  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock27.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock62.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.18.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.3%1.5%
Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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Reviews for Santa Maria    12 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I live in Orcutt which is a town of around 35,000 on the south side of Santa Maria. Santa Maria has, as everyone has noted, the best climate in the world. It never  More

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I have lived in Santa Maria / Orcutt for several years, but it is time to leave. I have no issues with the weather. Our climate is mild and comfortable with no extremes.  More

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The weather is very mild without a huge temperature change with the seasons. The winters are chilly but not cold and the summers are warm but not hot. Of course there  More

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