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Parkland, FL vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 39.6% more per student than Parkland.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.8% higher in Santa Cruz than in Parkland. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 2.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Parkland

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 Parkland, FLSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,723$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,998$13,552$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,249$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.1921.8416.23
 Students per Librarian72162714573
 Students per Counselor366473530
 Grade School Educ.0.5%2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.2%1.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.98.3%95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.2%19.7%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.1%8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.66.7%56.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.23.3%18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.1%4.9%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%5.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Parkland    8 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I am only 18 years old, but I have lived here for 10 years, more than half of my life. I attended Riverglades Elementary, Westglades middle, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas  More

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Over 10 years ago

Let's face it, South Florida has really gone downhill fast in the past 5-7 years. Maybe it was the economy crashing, maybe it was the influx of crazies and weirdos to  More

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Our family is from Chicago and we have been living here a year now. Our family settled in NE Parkland, which is considered the "older" section of town. I like it here!   More

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Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 4 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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