2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 9.1% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.7% higher in Richmond than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 9.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CARichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%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 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 Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 5 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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