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Santa Cruz, CA vs Tehachapi, CA

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Highlights
- Tehachapi spends 7.1% less per student than Santa Cruz.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.6% higher in Tehachapi than in Santa Cruz. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Tehachapi had 15.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CATehachapi, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,207$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,552  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,403$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock352994573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock5.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock80.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%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 Tehachapi    8 Reviews

We moved out of the Los Angeles/Orange County area to escape the traffic. When we moved to Bear Valley Springs (about 15 miles outside of Tehachapi) there was literally  More

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Over 7 years ago

I lived here for over 18 years before moving away and still don't miss this town. This town is great for the elderly and young families but not great for teens and young  More

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Tehachapi is a Mountain Community in the southern part of the Sierra Nevada between the Central Valley (Bakersfield) and the Antelope Valley (Mojave, Palmdale,  More

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