2024 Compare Cities Education:
Santa Rosa, CA vs Lynden, WA

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Highlights
- Lynden spends 2.2% more per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 17.8% lower in Lynden than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Lynden had 9.0% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CALynden, WAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$16,850$17,213$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921$14,140$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,508$8,672$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.8217.1116.23
 Students per Librarian1424012124573
 Students per Counselor399373530
 Grade School Educ.8.1%2.9%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%3.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.85.5%93.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%24.1%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.10.0%13.1%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%25.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.8.7%5.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%1.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.3%1.1%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 Lynden    3 Reviews

Moved from Metro Philadelphia. We looked at 10 communities in the following states Del, Tenn, AZ , PA, Tex, NM, ID, WA. We narrowed it down to two great towns  More

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I've lived all over the country and Washington has some of the unfriendliest and angriest people I've met. I was told to avoid Lynden and move to Bellingham because  More

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I never fully appreciated Lynden until I moved away and came back again. It wasn't until then that I realized what a wonderful, safe and friendly community Lynden really  More

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