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Santa Barbara, CA vs Crescent City, CA

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Highlights
- Crescent City spends 16.5% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% higher in Crescent City than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crescent City had 25.0% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CACrescent City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,949$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,803$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock66.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%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 Crescent City    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Weather sucks, people here are rude, politicians government workers corrupt, drug infested town, high crime, no good housing unless you want to live in drug infested  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here 10 years and the first few years were rough getting used to the humidity and rain but over time I've grown to embrace everything about this town the  More

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Beautiful scenery and good hiking and camping. Swimmingly and rafting in rivers is fun. Trees of mystery is pretty fun too. However the town is pretty seedy and  More

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