2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Olathe, KS

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Highlights
- Olathe spends 16.7% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 36.2% lower in Olathe than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Olathe had 7.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CAOlathe, KSUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,913$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,166$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4994573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock14.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.1%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 Olathe    15 Reviews

I've lived in Olathe for 12 years. Olathe is a quiet bedroom community with great schools. 21st Century program provides many career path choices at the high school  More

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Over 7 years ago

I'm just going to give it right to ya! Olathe is closer of a normal mid-class neighborhood than say; Overland Park$$$. And if you like hoe-down country style, go South  More

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Lived in Olathe since about 1980. I can say Olathe is a great place to make a living, live life etc. It's one of those places that the UPS driver can leave a package  More

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