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Santa Rosa, CA vs Somerville, MA

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Highlights
- Somerville spends 39.8% more per student than Santa Rosa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 42.4% lower in Somerville than in Santa Rosa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Somerville had 6.9% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Santa Rosa
 Santa Rosa, CASomerville, MAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$23,560$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,921  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$12,141$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio20.82  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock3544573
 Students per Counselor399  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock4.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.6.3%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock91.4%88.9%
 Some College Educ.23.2%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock3.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.34.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock21.3%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock7.2%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 Somerville    3 Reviews

I've lived in Somerville/Cambridge for 10 years, the last 4.5 with my husband in Spring Hill. It really is a great place to live if you are in your 20s & 30s: it is  More

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Living in Somerville is OK. I'm not a 'city' person and I would rather be out in the country some place, but it's not too bad here. I'm in my early 50s and own a house.  More

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Over 17 years ago

we are midwest transplants to the Boston area and lucked out by finding this great little neighborhood - right on the train line, little stores and good community - we  More

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