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Santee, CA vs Fresno, CA

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Highlights
- Fresno spends 5.7% less per student than Santee.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 5.6% lower in Fresno than in Santee. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Fresno had 14.2% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Santee
 Santee, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,432$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,161  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$7,719$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio22.65  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock126164573
 Students per Counselor513  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock10.5%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.5.4%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock79.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.7%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock9.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.30.2%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock4.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.6%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.9%1.5%
Reviews for Santee    10 Reviews

Over 13 years ago

I have lived in Santee for 36 years and the changes have been extensive. Traffic has been, and still is, a big problem. However, that's a problem in most CA towns and  More

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Over 13 years ago

San Diego in general is a very expensive place to live. Santee is less so but compared to the rest of the country we are way over  More

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Over 17 years ago

Santee has a great quality of life,low crime, good schools(some of the best schools east county has to offer), fairly short commute time, as it is fairly well central in  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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