2024 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Gresham, OR

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Highlights
- Gresham spends 17.2% more per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.9% lower in Gresham than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Gresham had 0.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CAGresham, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,705$19,574$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158$14,240$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$7,862$7,835$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.0117.2516.23
 Students per Librarian123876144573
 Students per Counselor539299530
 Grade School Educ.7.2%5.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%6.8%6.3%
 High School Educ.88.0%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%27.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.7.2%10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%23.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.12.6%6.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%1.1%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.5%0.7%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 3 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 Gresham    4 Reviews

First, EVERYTHING is close and conveniently located. Second, there is NO sales tax, so a $1.99 burger is $1.99. You don't have to figure out the tax on anything. Third,  More

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Over 18 years ago

Beware of the I-Tax. It is costly. Not to mention if you are new to the area the I-Tax reflects on the entire Multnomah County area. Even if you rent you  More

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Over 18 years ago

there are more than 2 months of summer there, lived there my whole  More

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