2025 Compare Cities Education:
Romeoville, IL vs Santa Barbara, CA

Change Cities
Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 8.1% less per student than Romeoville.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 45.8% higher in Santa Barbara than in Romeoville. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 4.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Romeoville
 Romeoville, ILSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$16,222  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.41  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor776  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.8.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.21.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.2%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.5%1.5%
Reviews for Romeoville    7 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

Very near to oil refineries; little shopping and quality restaurants. Valley View Schools are not that great. Lot better communities to live. Cheap Housing though  More

   |    Reply

Over 15 years ago

Romeoville, nice small town feel. Very family oriented, great atmosphere to raise a family. It’s with an arms reach of more bustling towns such as Aurora, Naperville,  More

   |    Reply

Over 15 years ago

Romeoville is a short drive to the big city of Chicago with all it has to offer from shopping to museums and theater. Yet there is space for planting a yard and kids to  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Romeoville

Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

   |    Reply

Over 4 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

   |    Reply

If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Santa Barbara


Premium Subscription
Includes Cost of Living compares for child care, utilities, transportation, health, taxes, housing for home owners vs renters, weather, insurance premiums and so much more.


The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.

© Best Places. All rights reserved.