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Santa Monica, CA vs Appleton, WI

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Highlights
- Appleton spends 27.6% less per student than Santa Monica.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 33.2% lower in Appleton than in Santa Monica. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Appleton had 0.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Monica
 Santa Monica, CAAppleton, WIUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,610$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$6,972$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock4784573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock93.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock12.3%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.67.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.2%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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Reviews for Appleton    23 Reviews

Just to clarify my earlier review, the people are generally unfriendly, except the overweight women( 90% of women here) are friendly. Tailgatings on 1-41 an 441 is very  More

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Over 7 years ago

Women here are very heavy. People are rude here, will cut you off in public and not say a word. People at the gym walk in and do not even look at you, even though you  More

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Over 8 years ago

Something is happening in Appleton. The place used to be called the shopping capital of Wisco. But, slowly this rather commercial-sounding moniker is being replaced by  More

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