2025 Compare Cities Education:
Hendersonville, NC vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara spends 41.0% more per student than Hendersonville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 47.0% higher in Santa Barbara than in Hendersonville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 5.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Hendersonville
 Hendersonville, NCSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,399  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.29  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor354  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.37.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Hendersonville    18 Reviews

I went to visit, was attack on Hendersonville Hwy by to cars. They tried to run me off the road cursing at me shooting birds at me. Very very scary. But I called 911  More

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Over 7 years ago

We love Hendersonville NC. We moved to NC from NJ in 2005. We tried different areas of the region (Leicester, Weaverville, Asheville and South Asheville). Each area  More

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My post is a review of Henderson County in general. First off, the teenage girl who said there's absolutely nothing for kids to do here is absolutely spot-on. If you're  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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