2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fair Lawn, NJ vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 32.9% less per student than Fair Lawn.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 68.8% higher in Santa Barbara than in Fair Lawn. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 8.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fair Lawn
 Fair Lawn, NJSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$20,950  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.45  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor304  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.60.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Fair Lawn    3 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Good and silent place to  More

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Over 14 years ago

I love the convenience of Fair Lawn and it's location. It's close to anything you might want or need. The New York City is only 12 miles away, and there are stores and  More

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Over 18 years ago

Access to major highways-access to NY by rail-great schools and reasonable home  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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