2025 Compare Cities Education:
Half Moon Bay, CA vs Denver, CO

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Highlights
- Denver spends 17.8% less per student than Half Moon Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 24.7% lower in Denver than in Half Moon Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Denver had 2.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Half Moon Bay
 Half Moon Bay, CADenver, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,503$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,000$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20954573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock90.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%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 Denver    470 Reviews

During my 25 years in Denver, I’ve witnessed trends found in other metro areas: homeless camps, panhandlers, worsening traffic, increased crime and rapidly appreciating  More

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I've lived in the Denver area for about eight years now. Moved here for college planning to get out as soon as I was done with college, and predictably got stuck  More

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I've lived in the city since I was born (1998) and I just was ready to get out. I'm a Denver native and I am ashamed of my city. I moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  More

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