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New York, NY vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 13.2% less per student than New York.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 71.3% higher in Santa Cruz than in New York. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 15.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to New York
 New York, NYSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$18,855  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio12.75  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62714573
 Students per Counselor2598  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.39.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.3%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  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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