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Santa Barbara, CA vs Fall River, MA

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Highlights
- Fall River spends 21.6% more per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 38.4% lower in Fall River than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fall River had 14.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CAFall River, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$20,311$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,937$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5294573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock75.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%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 Fall River    9 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Could not leave fast enough. Crime, unemployment, and the prejudice against anyone not of Portuguese descent was palpable. Gangs running  More

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Over 9 years ago

A lot of negative thing are being said about fall river on this page. I grew up in this city and I have to say it was much nicer when I was a child.but it seems like  More

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As someone who was born and raised in Fall River, MA, I have to say that all the negative remarks I read are absolutely correct. In fact, the only good thing about Fall  More

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