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Hickory, NC vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 63.6% more per student than Hickory.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 44.7% higher in Santa Cruz than in Hickory. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 7.2% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hickory
 Hickory, NCSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,282  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.09  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62714573
 Students per Counselor287  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.36.7%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Hickory    8 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Hickory is has wonderful amenities such as the science museum, children's museum, aquarium, art museum, symphony orchestra, and great universities. Its not far from  More

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Over 3 years ago

Hickory is a nice place to live. There are great parks here. Glen Hilton is a beautiful park with lots of play structures and tall trees nice elevated walking path.  More

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Cons, No ethnic diversity"... How is that a "Con"? That means it has a rich traditional culture, where most people share a interest in the same  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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