2025 Compare Cities Education:
San Rafael, CA vs Santa Rosa, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Rosa spends 20.2% less per student than San Rafael.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% higher in Santa Rosa than in San Rafael. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Rosa had 1.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to San Rafael
 San Rafael, CASanta Rosa, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,850$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,962  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,508$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio19.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock142404573
 Students per Counselor508  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock85.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.4%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.1%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.3%1.5%
Reviews for San Rafael    7 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

San Rafael is only 30 minutes from downtown San Francisco, but the weather is completely different. It's sunny most of the year, including in the summer when the city  More

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Over 15 years ago

I feal very safe in this town. I think getting stopped for talking on your cell phone while driving is a big deal here. Thats about all I can  More

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Over 17 years ago

Cost of living too high. Unfriendly  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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