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Missoula, MT vs Lompoc, CA

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Highlights
- Lompoc spends 29.8% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 48.3% higher in Lompoc than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lompoc had 24.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTLompoc, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Missoula    48 Reviews

I've lived here for 10 years and my view of the city has turned as we (barely) managed to buy a home, started a family, and the blight of homelessness has escalated out  More

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I lived here for 6 years, and it never got any easier to live, I'm a Native American, these people her look down on us, I have been put in jail for sitting in a parking  More

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I have lived in Missoula on and off for the last 30 years, but consistently for the last 12. I met my wife and had my kids here. My father and my wife's entire family  More

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Reviews for Lompoc    27 Reviews

I grew up as a child in Lompoc in the 1960's. It was small town of about 18k with crime and shootings virtually unheard of. Dad sold his home on Third Street in 1995  More

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I lived in this town for 7 years. It's a horrible trap! Over 1/3 of the town is on probation, Close to half of the town addicted to Meth, Heroin of Crack Cocaine (yes  More

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Moved here from Philly two years ago and have no regrets. You do not need air conditioning, the weather very rarely is warmer than 75 degrees. You can easily find a nice  More

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