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Santa Cruz, CA vs Hesperia, CA

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- Hesperia spends 10.3% less per student than Santa Cruz.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.1% higher in Hesperia than in Santa Cruz. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Hesperia had 18.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CAHesperia, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,673$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,552  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,933$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock131664573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.3%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.1%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.8%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.1%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Cruz    44 Reviews

I lived in the Santa Cruz area for 20 years. UCSC alum. Our kids were born there. There are wonderful things about Santa Cruz, but also many serious problems that we  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have been here for four generations! My kids are the fifth. I guess that should tell you how wonderful it is here, at least for us. It's so cool to have world class  More

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I was born over the hill in San Jose area, and as a kid I loved coming over to the boardwalk. Santa Cruz has always been and always will be a town of diversity,  More

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Reviews for Hesperia    4 Reviews

I’ve lived here on and off, most of my life. Grew up up in Hesperia, left for college and now am raising my kids here to be close to family. While the weather is nice  More

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Over 8 years ago

I love Hesperia is very peaceful I move to Hesperia because I was tired of the city traffic, noise and just the running around and having no time for anything. If you  More

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I've lived in Hesperia for 1 year and moved from Riverside (down the hill). Big mistake. Since then, I've needed emergency services at the hospital. My health  More

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