2025 Compare Cities Education:
Mountain View, CA vs Columbia, MD

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Highlights
- Columbia spends 2.7% less per student than Mountain View.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 37.7% lower in Columbia than in Mountain View. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Columbia had 1.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Mountain View
 Mountain View, CAColumbia, MDUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,912$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,381$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3634573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.9.9%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.72.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock23.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.7%1.5%
Reviews for Mountain View    15 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

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I've lived here 25 years. Perfect climate. Very central for employment opportunities. Really great schools. 45 min to San Fran, 45 min to Santa Cruz beach. Shoreline  More

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Over 15 years ago

I was born and raised in Mountain View. I used to really like this city, and California. Unfortunately, the city (along with the state) has been over run with high  More

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Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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