2026 Compare Cities Education:
Farmville, VA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 35.3% more per student than Farmville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 61.4% higher in Santa Barbara than in Farmville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 4.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Farmville
 Farmville, VASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,857  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor319  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.9.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.31.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Farmville    2 Reviews

Michael Earl has not been the Principal of Prince Edward Principal Middle School since  More

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Over 20 years ago

Central Virginia. We have four full seasons. One or two good snows each winter. Very convient to everthing in the state. Within an hours commute to Richmond,  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 5 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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