2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Broomfield, CO

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Highlights
- Broomfield spends 3.3% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.6% lower in Broomfield than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Broomfield had 9.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CABroomfield, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,153$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,939$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock20954573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock96.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.7%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 Broomfield    8 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I’ve lived in Broomfield for almost 25 years. We moved here to raise kids and for the schools in Boulder Valley School District (without having to live and pay for  More

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Broomfield, Colorado is a great place to live if you don’t actually want to live in a real town with character, real shops, restaurants, and a sense of community but  More

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Broomfield has all the advantages of Colorado (or around Denver), things like good weather and overall a decent economy, growing demographics, good schools, and views of  More

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