2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fairbanks, AK vs Garden Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Garden Grove spends 13.8% less per student than Fairbanks.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.9% lower in Garden Grove than in Fairbanks. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Garden Grove had 19.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairbanks
 Fairbanks, AKGarden Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,938  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio27.6  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor328  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock75.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.27.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Fairbanks    20 Reviews

I have lived in the Fairbanks area for about 25 years and have become very comfortable with the community and the lifestyle here. That said, retirement is fast  More

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Over 14 years ago

Comments about Fairbanks, both positive and negative, are of interest to me. Was in Fairbanks this past March [and north on Cleary Summit] and fell in love with the  More

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Over 15 years ago

I came to Alaska 15 years ago on an adventure and first lived in Juneau, which I LOVED and then moved to Eagle River, which I loved and now live in Fairbanks! I do not  More

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Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 13 years ago

This is a very informative  More

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