2025 Compare Cities Education:
Pismo Beach, CA vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 3.0% less per student than Pismo Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 2.4% higher in Fresno than in Pismo Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 18.5% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Pismo Beach
 Pismo Beach, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$12,063  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.87  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor491  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.25.0%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.48.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Pismo Beach    4 Reviews

It's a nice town to visit - although very touristy. Clean air - and nice sand dunes nearby. A variety of housing - but expensive. Good for seafood. I would say  More

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It's still challenging to find a good job: Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant has announced it will be closing in 9 years, so many 6-figure incomes will be going along with the  More

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Over 9 years ago

Because of fires allowed in campsites each and everyday it is very smokey and hard to  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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