2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pacifica, CA vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 23.2% less per student than Pacifica.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.0% higher in Fresno than in Pacifica. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 17.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pacifica
 Pacifica, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Pacifica    9 Reviews

Back when I lived there...great for people, hiking, only had two times where there was a crime I was aware of my 1955 Chevy Bel-Air was stolen as well as my bike from  More

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Has the rep of being socked in with fog 24-7 but thats totally false. a charming blue collar surf town a mere 30 min from downtown SF with lower prices - hard to  More

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Over 13 years ago

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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