2025 Compare Cities Education:
Scotts Valley, CA vs Garden Grove, CA

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- Garden Grove spends 6.6% less per student than Scotts Valley.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.3% higher in Garden Grove than in Scotts Valley. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Garden Grove had 22.4% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Scotts Valley
 Scotts Valley, CAGarden Grove, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$15,277$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$13,552  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$8,037$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.84  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock163834573
 Students per Counselor473  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock13.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.1%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock75.3%88.9%
 Some College Educ.20.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock7.5%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.52.3%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock3.9%9.3%
 Professional Degree4.7%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock0.6%1.5%
Reviews for Scotts Valley    4 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

We lived and worked in Scotts Valley for a number of years. It's a nice enough city, safe and clean unlike some areas of Santa Cruz. It's well managed and the schools  More

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Over 7 years ago

Great weather and small town feel but it is changing rapidly  More

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Over 11 years ago

Scotts Valley is an ideal, small town with many wonderful features. It's just 10 minutes from the beaches in nearby Santa Cruz yet doesn't get the wet fog because it's  More

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Reviews for Garden Grove    10 Reviews

I've lived here for over 20 years. City hasn't changed much. Being in the SoCal area, there's plenty of stuff to do around here. Like with all of SoCal, population has  More

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Over 8 years ago

So safe and boring that the police here rarely have anything better to do. At one time, I rented a room in another person's home and decided to put some aluminum foil  More

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Over 13 years ago

This is a very informative  More

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