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Santa Monica, CA vs Turlock, CA

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- Turlock spends 19.3% less per student than Santa Monica.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.4% higher in Turlock than in Santa Monica. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Turlock had 12.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Monica
 Santa Monica, CATurlock, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$14,058$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,724$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock467624573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock9.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock82.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.12.4%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock8.4%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.67.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock5.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree7.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.6%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 Turlock    6 Reviews

I love how it's calm but I hate how it's overpopulated and not very environmentally friendly, there is so much fast food restaurants and not really any vegan or  More

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I have lived here for 35 years. I love this town. It is just the right size. Shopping is better here than in larger towns like Modesto. Traffic is heavy at tines, but  More

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Almost every time my husband and I go out to eat here, tables around us are always praying. Everything in this town seems to revolve around your Christian faith. When  More

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