2025 Compare Cities Education:
Missoula, MT vs Santa Paula, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Paula spends 10.8% more per student than Missoula.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 69.5% higher in Santa Paula than in Missoula. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Paula had 33.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Missoula
 Missoula, MTSanta Paula, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,200  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.17  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock291284573
 Students per Counselor296  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock19.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock64.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.4%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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Over 5 years ago

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 Santa Paula    6 Reviews

Moved from Ventura CA to Fillmore CA for better housing affordability. Then we needed to upgrade and moved to Santa Paula. That was a compromise from a small town  More

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We have lived in Santa Paula for five years. After living in LA, we found the charming neighborhoods, low crime, friendly people, and idyllic climate (except for those 3  More

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Over 19 years ago

According to studies conducted by the County of Ventura, 60% of homes in Santa Paula have more people living in them than they were designed to contain. 60%! This is  More

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