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

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Highlights
- Sacramento spends 24.1% less per student than Pacifica.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.0% higher in Sacramento than in Pacifica. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Sacramento had 9.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pacifica
 Pacifica, CASacramento, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,240$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock63214573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock86.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.6%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.47.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%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 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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