2024 Compare Cities Education:
Raleigh, NC vs Simi Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Simi Valley spends 22.7% more per student than Raleigh.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 59.0% higher in Simi Valley than in Raleigh. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Simi Valley had 0.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Raleigh
 Raleigh, NCSimi Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$11,618$14,254$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,531$12,066$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,316$7,617$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio15.1124.0216.23
 Students per Librarian829291284573
 Students per Counselor300454530
 Grade School Educ.3.6%3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%5.1%6.3%
 High School Educ.92.3%91.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.16.9%24.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.3%11.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.4%34.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.13.7%8.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%1.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.5%1.1%1.5%
Reviews for Raleigh    224 Reviews

I moved to Raleigh in 2018. Before that, I lived in Orange County CA, Boulder CO, South Africa, Northern California, Arizona, and Toronto. I say all this to give  More

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Excellent for a great many people or categories of people. As far as prices: ratio of wage and job opportunity here with housing remains one of the better ones in the  More

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Over 1 years ago

I attended university here in the early 90s and came back around 2005 and never left. I'm surprised at the other negative reviews honestly. Yes, housing is pricey in  More

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Reviews for Simi Valley    22 Reviews

I've live in two different neighborhoods since fall of 1996 and depending on the neighborhood you're quality of life experience will vary. The price of housing is such  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have lived in Simi Valley for 23 Years. I love it here but due to the cost of living am looking to relocate to another state/City where my money will go further. Simi  More

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Over 15 years ago

simi valley is a very nice place to live within the shadow of the LA metro area. it has low crime and reasonable housing costs with ready access to indoor and outdoor  More

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