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Sierra Vista, AZ vs Santa Maria, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Maria spends 54.9% more per student than Sierra Vista.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 11.2% higher in Santa Maria than in Sierra Vista. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Santa Maria had 33.3% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Sierra Vista

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 Sierra Vista, AZSanta Maria, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$10,785$16,705$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$9,247$13,158$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$4,892$7,862$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio18.8921.0116.23
 Students per Librarian3141123874573
 Students per Counselor485539530
 Grade School Educ.2.1%27.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.7%10.0%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.2%62.2%88.9%
 Some College Educ.28.8%20.4%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.6%7.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.0%13.6%33.7%
 Masters Grad.9.8%2.8%9.3%
 Professional Degree1.5%0.8%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree1.1%0.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Sierra Vista    30 Reviews

I've lived in Sierra Vista for 22 months. It has positives and negatives. Bisbee, Tombstone, being close to Tucson, are positives. The views are beautiful. There's lots  More

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Over 2 years ago

Nice town, quite, huge military community and snowbirds in winter. If you want to live where you can not be mugged and have beautiful views for miles, this is the  More

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Over 2 years ago

I have lived in Sierra Vista 3 years and for 6 months, in the town north of S.V. sierra Vista lives up to its name with gorgeous mountains encircling you and sunrises  More

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Reviews for Santa Maria    12 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I live in Orcutt which is a town of around 35,000 on the south side of Santa Maria. Santa Maria has, as everyone has noted, the best climate in the world. It never  More

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I have lived in Santa Maria / Orcutt for several years, but it is time to leave. I have no issues with the weather. Our climate is mild and comfortable with no extremes.  More

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The weather is very mild without a huge temperature change with the seasons. The winters are chilly but not cold and the summers are warm but not hot. Of course there  More

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ZIPS IN SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA
85635 85613
ZIPS IN SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA
93458 93454

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