2024 Compare Cities Education:
Oxford, MI vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 10.0% more per student than Oxford.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 23.4% higher in Santa Barbara than in Oxford. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 4.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Oxford
 Oxford, MISanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,188$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,595$13,158$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,754$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.0221.0116.23
 Students per Librarian809123874573
 Students per Counselor537539530
 Grade School Educ.1.5%7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.5%4.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.0%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.21.9%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.44.1%50.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.11.2%12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.8%4.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.6%3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Oxford    4 Reviews

Oxford's downtown rivals that of Rochester, Plymouth and other area, small, "quaint" downtowns. The village is managed efficiently by a group of caring, hard-working  More

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Over 17 years ago

A lot of petty bickering between Village and Township. If you own a business either one will let you do anything you want. Living in either has it's own benefits,  More

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Over 18 years ago

The Village may have seen a slight decrease in population as new subs are built in the Township. Police service in the Village is maintained by Village residents,the  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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