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Mount Desert, ME vs Cathedral City, CA

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Highlights
- Cathedral City spends 23.3% less per student than Mount Desert.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 137.2% higher in Cathedral City than in Mount Desert. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Cathedral City had 20.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Mount Desert
 Mount Desert, MECathedral City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,296$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$17,349  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,941$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio9.85  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock249534573
 Students per Counselor309  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock11.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.11.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.0%1.5%
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Cathedral City is cheaper than Palm Springs and a few other local cities. It has lovely mountain views. It's a decidely middle-middle class community, especially on  More

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Cathedral City enjoys the lowest crime rate in the entire Coachella  More

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Relatively because it depends on where you came from. We moved here from Denver. There's been one murder here this year. I feel rather safe in this area as far as  More

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