2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Cruz, CA vs Richmond, CA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 7.2% less per student than Santa Cruz.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.7% higher in Richmond than in Santa Cruz. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 17.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CARichmond, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,192$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,552  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,565$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock75184573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock12.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.7%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 Richmond    9 Reviews

I've lived in Richmond since 2014. I find that for proximity to the rest of the East Bay, Marin county, and San Francisco it's a tremendous location. We moved here from  More

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Over 5 years ago

Grown up around all my life, and lived for the past 3 years. Diverse in the worst kinda way (the way that will get you robbed or assaulted). The epicenter of the  More

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I've lived here for more than half of my life, and never want to leave. The weather is nearly perfect. The population is very racially diverse and people for the most  More

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