2025 Compare Cities Education:
Foley, AL vs Pacific Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Pacific Grove spends 18.4% more per student than Foley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 22.6% higher in Pacific Grove than in Foley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pacific Grove had 9.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Foley
 Foley, ALPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,640  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor388  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.24.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Foley    7 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I have lived here for a little over a year. I had imagined this would be a small town with some sense of community, but it seems entirely geared toward becoming a second  More

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My husband and I have lived here for over a year and it is hands down my least favorite place I’ve ever lived. We are prior military and have lived in many incredible  More

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Lovely place to live for retirees however traffic is getting bad as it is quickly turning into quite a tourist destination. The city has a darling downtown area as well  More

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Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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