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Freeland, WA vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 6.9% more per student than Freeland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.3% higher in Santa Cruz than in Freeland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 1.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Freeland
 Freeland, WASanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,331  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.14  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62714573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Freeland    3 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

My dream was to live in a place surrounded by water, trees and clouds, walking distance to a library, grocery store and post office. Now, here in Freeland, WA on  More

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Over 18 years ago

Freeland is on the south end of Whidbey Island, in Puget Sound just morth of Seattle. We retired here a couple of years ago after close to 30 years in Atlanta, GA.   More

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Over 19 years ago

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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