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Palmdale, CA vs Thousand Oaks, CA

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Highlights
- Thousand Oaks spends 18.2% less per student than Palmdale.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 9.9% higher in Thousand Oaks than in Palmdale. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Thousand Oaks had 23.5% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Palmdale

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 Palmdale, CAThousand Oaks, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$17,429$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374$12,066$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,492$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.8624.0216.23
 Students per Librarian6565291284573
 Students per Counselor380454530
 Grade School Educ.11.7%2.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.12.0%3.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.76.3%94.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%19.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.6%11.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.16.1%49.2%33.7%
 Masters Grad.4.2%12.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.5%4.2%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.5%2.9%1.5%

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Reviews for Palmdale    35 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for nine years and I haven't had any problems. The weather is hot during the summer we get real Summers during the winter it's cold and it's sometimes  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have lived here for many years and I wish I could move elsewhere. I have lived on both the east and west sides of this city. The west side is supposedly better and I  More

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Over 10 years ago

I live in West Palmdale, right by the mall and i just love it. The area is in need of more restaurants, preferably steak houses, a good old fashion Chinese restaurant  More

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Reviews for Thousand Oaks    32 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

All you have to do is to check out the climate of Thousand Oaks on this site or on City-Data to see that the climate here in Thousand Oaks is perfect, if you don't like  More

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I've lived here my entire life, which I suppose isn't that long only 17 years. Its been a nice place to grow up, lots of opportunities and places to go as a kid. Park  More

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I have lived here over 10 years. I'm not sure what some of the reviewers are talking about, as it pertains to "nothing to do for kids" here. We have a fantastic Parks  More

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ZIPS IN PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA
93550 93551 93552
ZIPS IN THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA
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