2025 Compare Cities Education:
Half Moon Bay, CA vs Nevada City, CA

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Highlights
- Nevada City spends 10.8% more per student than Half Moon Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% lower in Nevada City than in Half Moon Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Nevada City had 7.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Half Moon Bay
 Half Moon Bay, CANevada City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock84024573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock21.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%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 Nevada City    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I lived in Y.C Ca for 14 yrs and Nevada City became my favorite town to visit. The restaurants are great, the night life is mellow but you get a variety of music...shoos  More

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We are seriously considering a move to Nevada City. I have a lot of questions about what it will be like for a liberal-minded family with a teenage son. Will he find  More

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Over 9 years ago

I have been coming here since I was a child. I am from the bay area, the town I grew up in was small and I met my husband there. We raised our children there. The  More

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