2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lafayette, CA vs Pacific Grove, CA

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Highlights
- Pacific Grove spends 1.2% more per student than Lafayette.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.2% lower in Pacific Grove than in Lafayette. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Pacific Grove had 2.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lafayette
 Lafayette, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,375$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,448  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,645$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.21  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock289524573
 Students per Counselor584  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.74.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree10.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.3%1.5%
Reviews for Lafayette    4 Reviews

Over 14 years ago

Living in Lafayette is wonderful, if you can afford it! The rolling hills, the great schools and the climate make this a great place to  More

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Great place to raise kids, nice restaurants and some good stores. A bit sparse on things like theaters etc. Weather in Summer is HOT HOT HOT. Bring sunblock and  More

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Over 18 years ago

Summers are too cool due to marine  More

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Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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