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

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 23.2% less per student than Half Moon Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.0% higher in Fresno than in Half Moon Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 10.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Half Moon Bay
 Half Moon Bay, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%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 Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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