2025 Compare Cities Education:
New City, NY vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 45.7% less per student than New City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 75.6% higher in Santa Cruz than in New City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 2.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New City
 New City, NYSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$27,847  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.44  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62714573
 Students per Counselor318  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.58.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for New City    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Safe place to live. Rates high every year in America's safest places to  More

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Our family has lived here for 18 yrs. This community consist of 35 sky scrapers,55,000 cooperators. Playgrounds,3 interior shopping centers and 2 exterior. The public  More

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A vibrant, young population with a median age of 34, Rockland's communities have a small-town ambience with tree-lined streets, boutiques and antique shops, well-laid  More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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