2024 Compare Cities Education:
Holladay, UT vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 52.8% more per student than Holladay.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.6% lower in Santa Barbara than in Holladay. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 10.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Holladay
 Holladay, UTSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,932$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,558$13,158$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,182$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.5821.0116.23
 Students per Librarian2191123874573
 Students per Counselor543539530
 Grade School Educ.0.5%7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.7%4.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.97.8%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.6%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.57.2%50.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.15.3%12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.4%4.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.1%3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Holladay    5 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

I like the shopping areas and the feel of the neighborhoods. The climate is awesome–four seasons, but it's not as cold as Michigan. I could be wrong, but it feels safe.  More

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Over 10 years ago

Even though this area has 4 distinct seasons they are not extreme compared to areas in the Midwest and East. I explain to people from out of the area that our elevation  More

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Over 10 years ago

I have lived in Holladay, Utah, for the last 23 years. In that time I have lived in two different neighborhoods, both of them filled with great people. I am not a  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 3 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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