2025 Compare Cities Education:
Post Falls, ID vs Santa Cruz, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Cruz spends 85.9% more per student than Post Falls.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 15.3% higher in Santa Cruz than in Post Falls. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Cruz had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Post Falls
 Post Falls, IDSanta Cruz, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,364$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$8,177  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,688$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.94  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62714573
 Students per Counselor402  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.5%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock95.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.32.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.1%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock18.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock5.5%1.5%
Reviews for Post Falls    6 Reviews

In moving here I knew about the snow. Not a matter of if but how much. What I didn't know was how windy it gets and how often. I also didn't know about the dust. It's  More

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Over 6 years ago

Moved here from Seattle in 2018. Even though the population is under 40,000 it doesn't feel like small town Mayberry. The biggest mistake I see happening is the building  More

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Post Falls had great potential; too bad the city planning committee blew it! It's such a disorganized bunch of housing communities built just what looks like where ever  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 5 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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