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

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Highlights
- Sacramento spends 0.9% less per student than Pacific Grove.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.7% higher in Sacramento than in Pacific Grove. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sacramento had 10.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pacific Grove
 Pacific Grove, CASacramento, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,156  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.73  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor526  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree6.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 Sacramento    117 Reviews

It is easy to say negative things about Sacramento as we have many problems that are common throughout California. Crime & homelessness rates are high here. Housing is  More

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High, high crime rate and car theft capitol of the country. Everyone knows someone who’s had their car stolen or have had their own car stolen. Sacramento’s violent  More

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The city is very mixed. I will start off by saying it has some excellent historical and educational sites to look at. It is a contractual obligation that you look at the  More

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