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Santa Cruz, CA vs Vallejo, CA

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Highlights
- Vallejo spends 14.6% less per student than Santa Cruz.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.3% higher in Vallejo than in Santa Cruz. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Vallejo had 8.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Cruz
 Santa Cruz, CAVallejo, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,968$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,552  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,685$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock62534573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.4%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.1.9%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock87.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.19.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock10.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.56.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.9%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.8%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 Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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