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Redwood City, CA vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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- Half Moon Bay spends 0.0% less per student than Redwood City.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.0% lower in Half Moon Bay than in Redwood City. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Redwood City
 Redwood City, CAHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$15,457  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.79  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock80554573
 Students per Counselor431  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.14.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.4%1.5%
Reviews for Redwood City    11 Reviews

(Caveating everything with "it's Bay Area prices") Redwood City is a large sprawling town where you can find just about anything you're looking for. There's great  More

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The entire Bay Area is ridiculous. You can't compare it to other areas. RWC is reasonably cheap for the area. I pay $5K for a rental townhouse in one of the many  More

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Lovely weather. Safe place to live (I live in Redwood Shores). The only thing that keeps this place from being 5 stars is the cost of housing. When you have to pay an  More

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Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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