2025 Compare Cities Education:
Goleta, CA vs Kennewick, WA

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Highlights
- Kennewick spends 12.0% more per student than Goleta.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.1% lower in Kennewick than in Goleta. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kennewick had 0.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Goleta
 Goleta, CAKennewick, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,710$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,955$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11224573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.3%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.0%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Goleta    2 Reviews

Lived in this area 2014-now (2022), Goleta for 4 years of that. Pros: *The climate is unbeatable, unless you enjoy being overly hot or cold, or snow sports which  More

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I live in Goleta and work part-time in Santa Barbara. I am semi-retired and have a decent income. Making wise choices of where to spend my income has always been  More

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Reviews for Kennewick    24 Reviews

Born here and lived most of my 48 years here. If people haven't gotten out and explored the versatility of this place to entertain a population at my levels and options  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived here for 30 years. Very good place to live. Three major rivers meet here. The Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers. So if you like fishing or boating it’s a  More

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