2024 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Rosa, CA vs Half Moon Bay, CA

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Highlights
- Half Moon Bay spends 19.2% more per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 4.9% lower in Half Moon Bay than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Half Moon Bay had 2.7% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CAHalf Moon Bay, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,850$20,087$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921$15,457$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,508$9,271$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.8219.7916.23
 Students per Librarian1424080554573
 Students per Counselor399431530
 Grade School Educ.8.1%8.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%3.7%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.5%87.9%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%16.8%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%7.7%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%50.4%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%13.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%3.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%4.4%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 Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 18 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 19 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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