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Santa Cruz, CA vs Lompoc, CA

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Highlights
- Lompoc spends 2.1% more per student than Santa Cruz.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.8% lower in Lompoc than in Santa Cruz. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lompoc had 23.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CALompoc, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,552  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock123874573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock14.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock73.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock2.4%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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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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 Lompoc    27 Reviews

I grew up as a child in Lompoc in the 1960's. It was small town of about 18k with crime and shootings virtually unheard of. Dad sold his home on Third Street in 1995  More

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I lived in this town for 7 years. It's a horrible trap! Over 1/3 of the town is on probation, Close to half of the town addicted to Meth, Heroin of Crack Cocaine (yes  More

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Moved here from Philly two years ago and have no regrets. You do not need air conditioning, the weather very rarely is warmer than 75 degrees. You can easily find a nice  More

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