2025 Compare Cities Education:
Fairfield, CA vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 20.6% more per student than Fairfield.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.5% lower in Santa Rosa than in Fairfield. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 2.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Fairfield
 Fairfield, CASanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,346  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio23  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor867  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.26.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.28.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Fairfield    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for 4 years. On the up side, housing is affordable. The downside, there is nothing to do here. The city lacks community events and an a nice downtown. We  More

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Over 10 years ago

I am finding out the cost of living here in Fairfield is way too high for my retirement. I am looking for a place where the cost of living is in line with my retirement  More

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Over 14 years ago

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Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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