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Miami Beach, FL vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 41.1% more per student than Miami Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.0% higher in Santa Barbara than in Miami Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 2.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Miami Beach
 Miami Beach, FLSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,524  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor439  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.49.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Miami Beach    15 Reviews

I like it cause its walkable. Bert in general doesn't know much and the biggest problem in Miami Beach is rising oceans. Just Google that. Its a nice place to visit  More

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Over 8 years ago

Great place to live, eat and spend holidays with  More

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Over 9 years ago

Life here are extremely expensive, I lived here 1 year ago, and this's my opinion, bad things, the parking are the worst in Miami Area, there are no space, a lot of  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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