2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Clara, CA vs Grass Valley, CA

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Highlights
- Grass Valley spends 21.0% more per student than Santa Clara.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 12.1% lower in Grass Valley than in Santa Clara. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grass Valley had 1.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Clara
 Santa Clara, CAGrass Valley, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$22,261$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,141  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,309$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.59  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock84024573
 Students per Counselor646  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.2%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock92.5%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.5%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.63.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.5%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.4%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Clara    14 Reviews

Larry · 

Santa Clara, CA and the city government are great. The city has been for the most part very good to me. I grew up in Santa Clara and now that I have been away for two  More

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I have lived in Santa Clara California most of my life so I consider myself to be an expert. The climate is wonderful. The price of housing is way above the national  More

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Over 10 years ago

Good Central Park and activities; City-owned power company provides lower cost power; home to many high-tech companies; city is  More

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Reviews for Grass Valley    15 Reviews

I've lived many places in California. I've now lived in Grass Valley for 2 years. Grass Valley and it's sister Nevada City are adorable little towns full of history and  More

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Grass valley has become a sad place to live. I was born and raised here and can no longer afford to raise my small family here. Look up the median annual wage and the  More

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I'm 25 years old and I've lived in this town all of my life, and I'm saving every single dollar I make to leave here and never come back. It's a shame, because at one  More

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