2025 Compare Cities Education:
Lexington, KY vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 12.5% more per student than Lexington.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 54.6% higher in Santa Rosa than in Lexington. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 7.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Lexington
 Lexington, KYSanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,138  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.47  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor450  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.45.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Lexington    62 Reviews

Lexington is a beautiful city. There are tons of tree lined streets and even trees in both sides of the city's only freeway. It's relatively small, which can be both  More

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Over 4 years ago

Very beautiful/underrated city!!  More

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I have lived here now for over five years, originally from the west coast and here is my top 10 for why you should NOT move here. #1 The Culture: They have none, it  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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