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Santa Barbara, CA vs Mission Viejo, CA

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- Mission Viejo spends 8.5% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 10.5% higher in Mission Viejo than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Mission Viejo had 7.8% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CAMission Viejo, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock12.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Mission Viejo    22 Reviews

Beautiful, but for the wealthy. If you make less than 150K, you won't be able to afford to live here. Even for Southern California, MV is off-the-chart expensive. A  More

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Over 12 years ago

Mission Viejo does not charge a business license tax for businesses located in the community and home-based businesses are allowed under current zoning laws as long as  More

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Please give me your advisese i need to know how is the best place to live near los angeles, safe, earthquakes, snakes, best schools, no racism, etc...,i don´t know  More

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