2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grass Valley, CA vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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- Half Moon Bay spends 9.8% less per student than Grass Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.3% higher in Half Moon Bay than in Grass Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 5.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grass Valley
 Grass Valley, CAHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,261  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.97  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor433  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.27.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%1.5%
Reviews for Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  More

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Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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