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Mooresville, NC vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara spends 65.2% more per student than Mooresville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 31.9% higher in Santa Barbara than in Mooresville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 7.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mooresville
 Mooresville, NCSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,895  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.93  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor365  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.43.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Mooresville    19 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for a while, it has everything you need. But 150 traffics  More

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Over 6 years ago

It's a nice town but all the jobs are either service industry or manufacturers that don't pay well. If you're single and make less than 50,000 a year good luck finding  More

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Over 9 years ago

Hi, Moving back to NC to the Moorseville area. Am so excited . I am not from this area . so not familiar with area. So any insite would be greatly appericate. I to go  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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