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Ojai, CA vs Highlands, NC

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Highlights
- Highlands spends 20.9% less per student than Ojai.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 43.9% lower in Highlands than in Ojai. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Highlands had 6.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Ojai
 Ojai, CAHighlands, NCUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,276$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,066  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,340$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio24.02  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6394573
 Students per Counselor454  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.1%1.5%
Reviews for Ojai    7 Reviews

Ojai has it's social and environmental challenges. It's population can be insular and self-absorbed. I grew up in Palo Alto and lived in Berkeley in the 70's so I can  More

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Over 10 years ago

Yes, Ojai is pretty geographically but there are a lot of run down neighborhoods. There are no "rules" about keeping your house or yard up and therefore lots of people  More

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Over 11 years ago

From my contacts, this place is my idea of how I want to spend my remaining days on  More

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Reviews for Highlands    4 Reviews

Love BestPlaces, but most of their statistics are incorrect for the actual town of Highlands which is extremely expensive. I assume they are using information from Macon  More

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Over 4 years ago

This used to be a quaint, quiet, sweet little town, but it has ballooned into a rich man's Mecca. Fist of all, it's a tiny town... so parking is at a premium and it gets  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have run two businesses in Highlands. It is a very seasonal business trend. The rents are high and so is the cost of doing business, including labor cost, cost of  More

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