2024 Compare Cities Education:
Pacific Beach, WA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 0.5% more per student than Pacific Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 25.1% higher in Santa Barbara than in Pacific Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 12.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pacific Beach
 Pacific Beach, WASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,625$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,528$13,158$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,732$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.821.0116.23
 Students per Librarian4258123874573
 Students per Counselor424539530
 Grade School Educ.0.0%7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.0.0%4.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.100.0%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.0.0%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.0.0%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.0.0%50.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.0.0%12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.0%4.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Pacific Beach    1 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

what is the crime there and are the people  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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