2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Cruz, CA vs Kennewick, WA

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Highlights
- Kennewick spends 14.3% more per student than Santa Cruz.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 8.7% lower in Kennewick than in Santa Cruz. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Kennewick had 9.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CAKennewick, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$18,710$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,552  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,955$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock11224573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock7.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.1%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 Kennewick    24 Reviews

Born here and lived most of my 48 years here. If people haven't gotten out and explored the versatility of this place to entertain a population at my levels and options  More

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I have lived here a few years and it’s the worst place I’ve ever been. The “ nice weather” people refer to is 100 degree hot can’t even stand outside at 9am without  More

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Over 4 years ago

I’ve lived here for 30 years. Very good place to live. Three major rivers meet here. The Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers. So if you like fishing or boating it’s a  More

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