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Half Moon Bay, CA vs Wailuku, HI

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- Wailuku spends 11.6% less per student than Half Moon Bay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.2% lower in Wailuku than in Half Moon Bay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Wailuku had 8.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Half Moon Bay
 Half Moon Bay, CAWailuku, HIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,751$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,806$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12324573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock6.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%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 Wailuku    3 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

You can't beat the weather here. If you like the 4 seasons the islands wouldn't be the place for you.   More

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Over 17 years ago

the tourist economy has fallen apart, major layoffs state wide. All major airlines getting close to pulling out of west coast market. Aloha and ATA both went out of  More

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Over 19 years ago

Wailuku is a beautiful place to live. The climate is wetter than the south side of Maui because we are next to the west Maui mountains. It will drizzle a little each  More

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