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Seattle, WA vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara spends 16.8% less per student than Seattle.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 13.4% higher in Santa Barbara than in Seattle. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Barbara had 7.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Seattle

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 Seattle, WASanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$20,069$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,996$13,158$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$8,846$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.5321.0116.23
 Students per Librarian989123874573
 Students per Counselor455539530
 Grade School Educ.2.5%7.2%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.2.0%4.9%6.3%
 High School Educ.95.5%88.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.13.9%18.5%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.6.0%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.65.9%50.5%33.7%
 Masters Grad.19.4%12.6%9.3%
 Professional Degree5.3%4.6%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree3.9%3.5%1.5%

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Reviews for Seattle    321 Reviews

I have lived here since 1975, I moved here from California but was born and raised in Michigan. I would have to say that I never regretted leaving Michigan and their  More

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Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in Seattle for just under 7 years and while it can be a stunningly beautiful place, I am very excited to leave. I’ll start with some of the positive aspects.  More

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if you can afford it, Seattle is a very nice place to live and raise a family! however, it is extremely expensive and in the winter, it's rather gloomy. i love gloomy  More

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Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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ZIPS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
98115, 98103, 98133, 98105, 98118, 98125, 98122, 98117, 98144, 98109, 28 total
ZIPS IN SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
93101 93105 93103 93110 93109

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