2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Corte Madera, CA

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Highlights
- Corte Madera spends 26.4% more per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% lower in Corte Madera than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Corte Madera had 13.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CACorte Madera, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,111$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,450$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock41414573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock0.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock99.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock4.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock15.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock6.4%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 Corte Madera    3 Reviews

Over 9 years ago

Close to the freeway, so easy commute. Beautiful bike/hiking trails and view of Mt Tam. But $4000/mo for a 3 bdrm apartment is a little  More

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Over 13 years ago

Great  More

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Over 19 years ago

Corte Madera has the convenience of shopping and urban lifestyle combined with nature wonderful weather hiking trails bike paths that make the quality of living there  More

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