2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pacific Grove, CA vs Oakhurst, CA

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Highlights
- Oakhurst spends 10.6% more per student than Pacific Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% lower in Oakhurst than in Pacific Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Oakhurst had 6.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pacific Grove
 Pacific Grove, CAOakhurst, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,999$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,156  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,031$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock72314573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock89.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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Reviews for Oakhurst    6 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

When researching or commenting on the water quality in Oakhurst it is important to know if the property is on a water system or a private well, to lump all into one  More

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Over 16 years ago

Coming from a much larger community, we really didn't expect much from the high school, but we were very pleasantly surprised. Yosemite High School has a wide variety  More

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Over 16 years ago

This is a nice town to raise a family. It is much cleaner, air is better, and if you have a hard-rock well like we do, the water is very good. Our family who live in  More

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