2025 Compare Cities Education:
Petaluma, CA vs Lebanon, OR

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Highlights
- Lebanon spends 6.7% more per student than Petaluma.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.5% lower in Lebanon than in Petaluma. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lebanon had 2.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Petaluma
 Petaluma, CALebanon, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$17,973$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$5,670$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6834573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.8%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.24.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.40.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.4%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Petaluma    16 Reviews

I agree with the low star reviews. Been here for 25 years, raised a family and seen everything turn to the left and worse. Weather is glorious, love the old Victorians  More

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We’ve lived here for 3 years and we love it. It has taken some time to grow on us. We moved from SF where we had lived over 15 years, we were not used to one year leases  More

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I’ve lived here a couple of years (after living in others parts of the Bay Area for 15+ years) and I love it! Great neighborhoods, friendly folks, good schools with  More

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Reviews for Lebanon    4 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

We’ve lived in the city for 1 1/2 years now, and we love it. We live in the Riverside Estate near the river and Cheadle lake, and the scenery is beautiful! Yes, the  More

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Over 18 years ago

11/20/2007 Spent the summer in Lebanon and it is a growing community. It is pretty with friendly people. They sure could use some road improvement and traffic at times  More

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Over 18 years ago

The climate is a little foggy for me  More

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