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Los Altos, CA vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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Highlights
- Half Moon Bay spends 9.2% more per student than Los Altos.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.3% lower in Half Moon Bay than in Los Altos. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 11.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Los Altos
 Los Altos, CAHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.85.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%1.5%
Reviews for Los Altos    2 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Expensive but worth  More

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Over 17 years ago

the quality of life here is very high however the cost of living is also high. extremely high as a matter of fact. I'd like to look at other communities that are less  More

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Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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