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Lancaster, CA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 4.2% less per student than Lancaster.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.9% lower in Santa Barbara than in Lancaster. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 7.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Lancaster
 Lancaster, CASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Lancaster    48 Reviews

Worse than even Compton in some ways... worse than hell overall. This place is so bad you will want to off yourself every day just by being here, but probably not too  More

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Over 5 years ago

I was born here, then grew up here for 17 years and joined the Army as a teen, but constantly went back to visit my parents and friends. I lived there again for 4 years  More

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Over 7 years ago

Moved to the Eastside of Lancaster. I have target, lowes, the whole wheatery, homedepot, bank of America, wells Fargo, Walmart, traders Joe's, Carl's jr, burger king,  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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