2025 Compare Cities Education:
Half Moon Bay, CA vs Auburn, CA

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Highlights
- Auburn spends 22.8% less per student than Half Moon Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.0% higher in Auburn than in Half Moon Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Auburn had 5.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Half Moon Bay
 Half Moon Bay, CAAuburn, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,501$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,990$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock180574573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock13.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock10.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%1.5%
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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Reviews for Auburn    13 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Overall Auburn has a good quality of life and this town still has that small town charm. Auburn is a good place to raise a family and the schools are decent. Auburn  More

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Over 7 years ago

There isnt anything for kids/ teens to do around here except go to a park thats typically filled with a bunch of druggys so i give this town a terrible rating.. sorry  More

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Over 14 years ago

Auburn is Beautiful city to live  More

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