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Santa Rosa, CA vs Grand Rapids, MN

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Highlights
- Grand Rapids spends 53.3% more per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 28.9% lower in Grand Rapids than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Grand Rapids had 10.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CAGrand Rapids, MNUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$25,830$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,966$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock13164573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock1.1%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock94.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock14.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock8.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock1.5%1.5%
Reviews for Santa Rosa    43 Reviews

I was born and raised here. Santa Rosa used to be a great city great location great weather but now it is overcrowded and crime is off the charts and housing is crazy  More

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I've lived her over 20 years and it's a pretty nice place. The main vibe is you feel safe doing this day or night. Most of the neighborhoods are well taken care of, they  More

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Terrible city that's hurting for money. After going on a long hiatus from enforcing traffic laws, they've recently turned their highways into an ATM machine/cash cow by  More

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Reviews for Grand Rapids    2 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I have lived in Grand Rapids my entire life. (43 years) I always feel safe here. We don't lock our house when we leave during the day. We only lock it at night. My  More

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Grand Rapids is my hometown being born here in 1961. Here's the long and short of it. I love it in the summer. I hate the winter. Winters are long, gray and hard.   More

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