2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Cruz, CA vs Lubbock, TX

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Highlights
- Lubbock spends 23.9% less per student than Santa Cruz.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 35.3% lower in Lubbock than in Santa Cruz. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lubbock had 7.8% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CALubbock, TXUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,453$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,552  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,056$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock5624573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.0%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.5%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock2.4%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 Lubbock    28 Reviews

Just wondering if anyone can give me some suggestions? I plan on retiring in Lubbock,Texas. I plan on renting. Where would be the best area for my family to live? What  More

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Sad to learn how dangerous this West Texas town has become. Completely, over taken with Down trodden people who have little. Burglaries happen hourly at a ridiculous  More

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I was born and raised in Lubbock. More or less,I spent about 30 years of my life there. I will start with the positive. It is a well established and well built city with  More

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