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Los Altos, CA vs Thousand Oaks, CA

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Highlights
- Thousand Oaks spends 22.5% less per student than Los Altos.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.3% higher in Thousand Oaks than in Los Altos. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thousand Oaks had 4.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Los Altos
 Los Altos, CAThousand Oaks, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock291284573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.7.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.85.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree9.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.9%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 Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More

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