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

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Highlights
- Tracy spends 14.1% less per student than Santa Barbara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.9% higher in Tracy than in Santa Barbara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tracy had 4.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Barbara
 Santa Barbara, CATracy, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,344$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,464$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock234364573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock84.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.18.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.50.5%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.7%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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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 Tracy    18 Reviews

Native born and raised in Tracy. I've seen it go from a small community of 12,000 to almost 100,000 in 50 years. The growth has not been for the better IMO. It has  More

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I was raised in Tracy and over the last 60+ years, it has gone from a small town of about 9,000 to almost 100,000. The changes have not all been good. It was a good  More

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I have been living here for 4 years and I can’t wait to move out of here. Tracy is a place very very very dusty.. it can be just one week and you have to wipe out  More

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