2025 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Monica, CA vs Ontario, OR

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Highlights
- Ontario spends 5.2% less per student than Santa Monica.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 27.2% lower in Ontario than in Santa Monica. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Ontario had 16.7% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Monica
 Santa Monica, CAOntario, ORUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$16,521$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,775$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12474573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock78.6%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.67.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.2%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%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 Ontario    6 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Dirty officers. You tell them where to look for drugs but because they know the family they don't bother doing anything about it. Don't trust the  More

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Ontario Oregon is full of illegal immigrants who refuse to learn English and leach off the welfare system the police and ice refuse to deport these criminals Meth use  More

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Over 11 years ago

In reply to "Crime in Ontario," It's too bad that when a Hispanic culture moves in to a nice little town, your crime rate goes up and property values go down. And  More

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