2025 Compare Cities Education:
Grover Beach, CA vs Oakland, CA

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Highlights
- Oakland spends 11.8% more per student than Grover Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% higher in Oakland than in Grover Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oakland had 3.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Grover Beach
 Grover Beach, CAOakland, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,788$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,063  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,104$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.87  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock95554573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.33.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.6%1.5%
Reviews for Grover Beach    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

This is an awesome, old-school, unpretentious, classic California beach town. But, ssshhhh...don't tell anyone. I've lived in several nice Cali. beach towns but this  More

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Reviews for Oakland    38 Reviews

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

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Over 4 years ago

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

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I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

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