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Hollywood, FL vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Monica spends 48.7% more per student than Hollywood.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.9% higher in Santa Monica than in Hollywood. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Monica had 6.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Hollywood
 Hollywood, FLSanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,429$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,998  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,492$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.19  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock65654573
 Students per Counselor366  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.29.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock17.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Hollywood    20 Reviews

Sigh...Hollywood, Florida. The city where dreams are broken. Hence the name of the 'mean street' Hollywood Boulevard of Broken Dreams. I say 'broken dreams' not just  More

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Hollywood has and is continuosly changing and growing since most of the reviews on this site, most of the reviews are many years old! Hollywood is BOOMING!! Great place  More

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Over 9 years ago

The city of Hollywood is too crowded. A lot of Spanish speakers who do not conform to city coding. Do not speak English. Do not integrate to US qualities. Trucks and  More

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Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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