2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Arlington, VA

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Highlights
- Arlington spends 41.0% more per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.9% lower in Arlington than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Arlington had 7.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CAArlington, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,553$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$11,028$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock6444573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock3.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock28.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock4.8%1.5%
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

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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

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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

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Reviews for Arlington    36 Reviews

Lived here 17 years, amazing  More

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Resident for 20 years. There is nothing hidden about Arlington. It is an affluent inner suburb of DC with a highly educated, mostly professional, population. The  More

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We've lived in Arlington for the past 7 years, and have enjoyed it but would prefer a less expensive, more open area. We live in a townhouse in Rosslyn, close to the  More

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