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Leander, TX vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 33.6% more per student than Leander.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.6% higher in Santa Rosa than in Leander. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 9.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Leander
 Leander, TXSanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,918  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor415  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Leander    6 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

Moved in from Austin five years ago. In Austin you can’t buy a house in less than $1M. Here in Leander, you can buy a house at 4000+sq.ft. with beautiful hill country  More

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Over 8 years ago

I’ve lived here for 5 1/2 yrs. property tax go’s up 10% every year. Hard to get around without using toll roads. Very republican. Ugh  More

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Over 12 years ago

A bit of that small town feel with convenient stores and  More

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Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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