2025 Compare Cities Education:
Port Orchard, WA vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 4.7% less per student than Port Orchard.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 16.8% higher in Santa Rosa than in Port Orchard. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 8.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Port Orchard
 Port Orchard, WASanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,783  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio17.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor382  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Port Orchard    8 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

A bit boring but still a cool antique  More

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Over 6 years ago

We moved here from Phx, AZ. Big change. Hate being hot. I'm not hot, anymore. I haute snakes and scorpions. Don't have any poisonous snakes here, and no scorpions in  More

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Over 12 years ago

High crime rate. High house prices. High cost of  More

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Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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