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Roswell, GA vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 3.6% more per student than Roswell.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 50.9% higher in Santa Rosa than in Roswell. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 8.6% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Roswell
 Roswell, GASanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,100  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio13.8  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor397  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.1%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.61.9%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for Roswell    16 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I just moved here from out of state was excited because the area is beautiful, beautiful homes, parks, and schools have great ratings. Everyone seems nice when we are  More

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Over 8 years ago

While the public schools are good, they are constantly being under-funded and classroom sizes are increasing. You can get a decent home for the money here, but the area  More

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Over 8 years ago

We recently relocated (cross country) to Roswell, GA, and our family could not have found a better place. This is a family friendly town, with an abundance of activities  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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