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Santa Maria, CA vs Crescent City, CA

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Highlights
- Crescent City spends 16.5% less per student than Santa Maria.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 1.5% higher in Crescent City than in Santa Maria. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Crescent City had 6.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Maria
 Santa Maria, CACrescent City, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$13,949$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,158  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,803$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.01  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock04573
 Students per Counselor539  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.10.0%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock66.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.9%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.13.6%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.5%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Maria    12 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I live in Orcutt which is a town of around 35,000 on the south side of Santa Maria. Santa Maria has, as everyone has noted, the best climate in the world. It never  More

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I have lived in Santa Maria / Orcutt for several years, but it is time to leave. I have no issues with the weather. Our climate is mild and comfortable with no extremes.  More

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The weather is very mild without a huge temperature change with the seasons. The winters are chilly but not cold and the summers are warm but not hot. Of course there  More

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Reviews for Crescent City    10 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Weather sucks, people here are rude, politicians government workers corrupt, drug infested town, high crime, no good housing unless you want to live in drug infested  More

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Over 4 years ago

I've lived here 10 years and the first few years were rough getting used to the humidity and rain but over time I've grown to embrace everything about this town the  More

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Beautiful scenery and good hiking and camping. Swimmingly and rafting in rivers is fun. Trees of mystery is pretty fun too. However the town is pretty seedy and  More

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