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

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Highlights
- Orinda spends 24.4% less per student than Pacifica.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.2% higher in Orinda than in Pacifica. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Orinda had 3.3% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Pacifica
 Pacifica, CAOrinda, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock98.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock22.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock9.1%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 Orinda    3 Reviews

Orinda is an extremely safe, quiet, bucolic place to live. The schools are incredible, parent participation is maximal. It's close to everything and yet has a feeling of  More

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Over 16 years ago

Weather in Orinda is  More

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Over 17 years ago

Being ranked the number one public high school system in California says little for this small rural upscale community. With a high percentage of college graduates with  More

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