2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Naples, FL

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Highlights
- Naples spends 18.2% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 20.4% lower in Naples than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Naples had 10.4% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CANaples, FLUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,670$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,184$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock8984573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock97.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.4%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 Naples    71 Reviews

When I moved to Naples a few years ago an average one bedroom apartment cost 1000 a month to rent. Now the average one bedroom apartment is over $2200 and rising  More

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Over 3 years ago

This is a beautiful town. Super clean, green, and people are happy. Cost of living is relative to where you are coming from. Also, depends on the area of Naples. The  More

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Warm weather, nice beaches, some good restaurants, and botanical gardens to check out. Unfortunately, the hospitals are terrible, there is not much to do, and too many  More

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