2025 Compare Cities Education:
Highland Park, TX vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 26.8% more per student than Highland Park.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 40.0% higher in Santa Barbara than in Highland Park. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 11.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Highland Park
 Highland Park, TXSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,291  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor361  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.8.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.84.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree14.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Highland Park    2 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

We may have a job change and are looking for a great school for our Teenage son and safe neighborhood. We will be moving from California a coastal community, pricey too.  More

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I have owned my home here for about 8 years and I love beng there. If you like, city country living this is the place to  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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